Polyglot Dictionary

Devise

/deˈviːzə/

die noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Devisen

Meaning

  1. motto

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Motto

Motto is the more common everyday word; Devise is slightly more formal or old-fashioned (note: its plural, Devisen, means something unrelated — foreign currency).

Similar in other languages

Spanish

lema

lema is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "motto."

Portuguese

lema

lema is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "motto."

Practice

1 What does Devise mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ihre ___ lautet: Nie aufgeben.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Devise?

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