gulden

Etymology

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

Noun

gulden (plural guldens or gulden)

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

References

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

Anagrams

• ledung, lunged, ungeld

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/

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• Hyphenation: gul‧den

Adjective

gulden (not comparable)

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

Noun

gulden m (plural guldens, diminutive guldentje n)

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

Adjective

gulden

1. Alternative form of gilden

References

• “gī̆lden (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018.

Noun

gulden

1. definite plural of guld