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

    Noun

    Devise f (genitive Devise, plural Devisen)

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

    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

    Further reading

    • “Devise” in Duden online
    • “Devise”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
    • “Devise” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Devise