devot

See also: dévot

Danish

Adjective

devot

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Inflection

Inflection of devot

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	devot	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	devot	—	—2
plural	devote	—	—2
definite attributive1	devote	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Further reading

• “devot” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “devot” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin devotus, from dēvoveō, from voveō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈvoːt/
• Rhymes: -oːt

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: de‧vot

Adjective

devot (strong nominative masculine singular devoter, comparative devoter, superlative am devotesten)

1. submissive, servile

   Devot erfüllte er jeden von ihm geäußerten Wunsch.

   He submissively fulfilled every wish expressed by him.

Declension

Positive forms of devot number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist devot sie ist devot es ist devot sie sind devot strong declension (without article) nominative devoter devote devotes devote genitive devoten devoter devoten devoter dative devotem devoter devotem devoten accusative devoten devote devotes devote weak declension (with definite article) nominative der devote die devote das devote die devoten genitive des devoten der devoten des devoten der devoten dative dem devoten der devoten dem devoten den devoten accusative den devoten die devote das devote die devoten mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein devoter eine devote ein devotes (keine) devoten genitive eines devoten einer devoten eines devoten (keiner) devoten dative einem devoten einer devoten einem devoten (keinen) devoten accusative einen devoten eine devote ein devotes (keine) devoten Comparative forms of devot number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist devoter sie ist devoter es ist devoter sie sind devoter strong declension (without article) nominative devoterer devotere devoteres devotere genitive devoteren devoterer devoteren devoterer dative devoterem devoterer devoterem devoteren accusative devoteren devotere devoteres devotere weak declension (with definite article) nominative der devotere die devotere das devotere die devoteren genitive des devoteren der devoteren des devoteren der devoteren dative dem devoteren der devoteren dem devoteren den devoteren accusative den devoteren die devotere das devotere die devoteren mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein devoterer eine devotere ein devoteres (keine) devoteren genitive eines devoteren einer devoteren eines devoteren (keiner) devoteren dative einem devoteren einer devoteren einem devoteren (keinen) devoteren accusative einen devoteren eine devotere ein devoteres (keine) devoteren Superlative forms of devot number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist am devotesten sie ist am devotesten es ist am devotesten sie sind am devotesten strong declension (without article) nominative devotester devoteste devotestes devoteste genitive devotesten devotester devotesten devotester dative devotestem devotester devotestem devotesten accusative devotesten devoteste devotestes devoteste weak declension (with definite article) nominative der devoteste die devoteste das devoteste die devotesten genitive des devotesten der devotesten des devotesten der devotesten dative dem devotesten der devotesten dem devotesten den devotesten accusative den devotesten die devoteste das devoteste die devotesten mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein devotester eine devoteste ein devotestes (keine) devotesten genitive eines devotesten einer devotesten eines devotesten (keiner) devotesten dative einem devotesten einer devotesten einem devotesten (keinen) devotesten accusative einen devotesten eine devoteste ein devotestes (keine) devotesten

Further reading

• “devot” in Duden online
• “devot”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “devot” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Old French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wogʷʰéyeti

Proto-Italic *woɣʷeō

Latin voveō

Latin dēvoveō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Ecclesiastical Latin dēvōtuslbor.

Old French devot

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin dēvōtus, from Latin dēvoveō + -tus.

Adjective

devot m (feminine devote)

1. devout

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Descendants

• Middle French: dévot
  • French: dévot
    • → Romanian: devot
• → Middle English: devout, devouth, devot, devote, devolte
  • English: devout
  • Scots: devot, devote, devoit

References

• “dévot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wogʷʰéyeti

Proto-Italic *woɣʷeō

Latin voveō

Latin dēvoveō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Ecclesiastical Latin dēvōtuslbor.

Old French devot

Middle French dévot

French dévotbor.

Romanian devot

Borrowed from French dévot, from Middle French dévot, from Old French devot, a learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin dēvōtus, from Latin dēvoveō + -tus.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /deˈvot/

Adjective

devot m or n (feminine singular devotă, masculine plural devoți, feminine/neuter plural devote)

1. pious

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Declension

Declension of devot

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	devot		devotă	devoți	devote
	definite	devotul		devota	devoții	devotele
genitive- dative	indefinite	devot		devote	devoți	devote
	definite	devotului		devotei	devoților	devotelor

References

• “devot”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
• devot in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from Latin dēvōtus.

Adjective

devot (not comparable)

1. devout, zealous

Declension

Inflection of devot

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	devot	mer devot	mest devot
neuter singular	devot	mer devot	mest devot
plural	devota	mer devota	mest devota
masculine plural2	devote	mer devota	mest devota
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	devote	mer devote	mest devote
all	devota	mer devota	mest devota

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Further reading

• “devot”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)