Devise

See also: devise and devisé

German

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 [feminine]

	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