Devise

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See also: devise and devisé

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Etymology

Borrowed from French devise.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Where did the currency sense come from? Noted as semantic loan from German in French.”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈviːzə/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /d̥eˈviːsɛ/ (Austria)
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  • Rhymes: -iːzə

Noun

Devise f (genitive Devise, plural Devisen)

  1. motto
  2. (finance, in the plural) foreign currency

Declension

Declension of Devise
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Devise die Devisen
genitive einer der Devise der Devisen
dative einer der Devise den Devisen
accusative eine die Devise die Devisen

Descendants

  • → English: devisen

Further reading

  • “Devise” in Duden online
  • “Devise” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Devise” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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