Devise

== 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) Rhymes: -iːzə === Noun === Devise f (genitive Devise, plural Devisen) motto (finance, in the plural) foreign currency Synonym: Fremdwährung ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: devisen === Further reading === “Devise” in Duden online “Devise”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Devise” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon