Portemonnaie

See also: portemonnaie and porte-monnaie

German

Alternative forms

• Portmonee (now quite common)

Etymology

Borrowed from French porte-monnaie around 1850.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʁt.moˈneː/, /ˈpɔʁt-/, /-mɔ-/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Portemonnaie n (strong, genitive Portemonnaies, plural Portemonnaies)

1. (northern and central Germany, Switzerland) wallet, purse

Declension

Declension of Portemonnaie [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Portemonnaie	die	Portemonnaies
genitive	eines	des	Portemonnaies	der	Portemonnaies
dative	einem	dem	Portemonnaie	den	Portemonnaies
accusative	ein	das	Portemonnaie	die	Portemonnaies

Synonyms

• Geldbörse
• (Southern Germany) Geldbeutel
• (Central Austria) Geldtasche

Related terms

• Portefeuille
• Portmanteau

Further reading

• “Portemonnaie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Portemonnaie” in Duden online