gulden

See also: Gulden and gülden

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Middle Dutch (shortened from) gulden (florijn), "golden (florin)".

Noun

gulden (plural guldens or gulden)

  1. (historical) An old currency of the Netherlands (and its overseas territory the Netherlands Antilles).

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References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch guldijn, guldin, gulden, from Old Dutch *guldīn, from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz. Equivalent to goud + -en, replaced in modern Dutch with gouden.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣʏl.dən/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: gul‧den
  • Rhymes: -ʏldən

Adjective

gulden (not comparable)

  1. golden, made of gold
  2. (figuratively) precious, excellent

Inflection

Inflection of gulden
uninflected gulden
inflected gulden
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite m./f. sing. gulden
n. sing. gulden
plural gulden
definite gulden
partitive

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Noun

gulden m (plural guldens, diminutive guldentje n)

  1. gulden, guilder, the Dutch currency till the introduction of the Euro

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Middle English

Adjective

gulden

  1. Alternative form of gilden

References


Swedish

Noun

gulden

  1. definite plural of guld
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