A Kreditkarte is always through Visa, Mastercard, etc, but a Girokarte never is.
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How to use girokarte in a sentence. Live example sentences for girokarte pulled from indexed public discussions.
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A Kreditkarte is always through Visa, Mastercard, etc, but a Girokarte never is.
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Quick take
A Kreditkarte is always through Visa, Mastercard, etc, but a Girokarte never is.
Example sentences
Fidor also does not offer a Girokarte, which is still the number one payment method in German shops - online and offline.
If they only say they accept Girokarte, then they will not accept debit cards.
When Girokarte/EC-Karte are accepted, there is no guarantee that Kreditkarte are as well.
To me, this language is pretty clear: the federal government sees the system as "you either have a Girokarte or a Kreditkarte" and that Debitkarten are included in Kreditkarten.
To be clear, people know the difference between Kreditkarte and Girokarte.
Girokarte is a synonym for Debitkarte, just like in France or Swiss Romade one would say carte bleue instead of carte debit, in Portugal Multibanco instead of cartão de débito,...
What I'm asking is, does Hamburg use the same language at Ämtern as Berlin, or does it differentiate explicitly between Girokarte, Kreditkarte, and Debitkarte?
Der bezahlte Betrag wird dann automatisch von Ihrem Konto abgebucht" > If you have an account by a bank or a Sparkasse (special kind of bank), you will often be issued a Girokarte or a Kreditkarte (sometimes for a fee), with which you can pay.
Germany: the terms "debit card" (typically "Girokarte" or "EC Karte"; I've literally never heard someone outside of a finance context say "Debitkarte") and "credit card" ("Kreditkarte") are used almost exclusively to describe the payment infrastructure, and only the payment infrastructure.
Quote examples
To me, this language is pretty clear: the federal government sees the system as "you either have a Girokarte or a Kreditkarte" and that Debitkarten are included in Kreditkarten.
Der bezahlte Betrag wird dann automatisch von Ihrem Konto abgebucht" > If you have an account by a bank or a Sparkasse (special kind of bank), you will often be issued a Girokarte or a Kreditkarte (sometimes for a fee), with which you can pay.
Germany: the terms "debit card" (typically "Girokarte" or "EC Karte"; I've literally never heard someone outside of a finance context say "Debitkarte") and "credit card" ("Kreditkarte") are used almost exclusively to describe the payment infrastructure, and only the payment infrastructure.
Proper noun examples
Fidor also does not offer a Girokarte, which is still the number one payment method in German shops - online and offline.
If they only say they accept Girokarte, then they will not accept debit cards.
When Girokarte/EC-Karte are accepted, there is no guarantee that Kreditkarte are as well.
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use girokarte in a sentence?
A Kreditkarte is always through Visa, Mastercard, etc, but a Girokarte never is.