Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

devisen

/dəˈviːzən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-visen
IPA: /dəˈviːzən/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Foreign currency.

Example Sentences

"[…] in February there was a moderate decline in its holdings of devisen, and in March there was a loss of both devisen and gold."
"[…] the fall in the value of Hungary’s exports in 1930 had already driven the Government to use up a large proportion of its reserves in gold and devisen."
"The central monetary powers were obligated to maintain existing parities and convertibility of their currencies by contracting their domestic money supply and shipping gold if under pressure and by offering credits, intervening on foreign exchange markets, and refraining from liquidating devisen to support other currencies under pressure."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Devisen.

Questions

How do you pronounce devisen?: The recorded pronunciation is /dəˈviːzən/.
What does devisen mean?: Foreign currency.
Where does devisen come from?: Borrowed from German Devisen.

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