gulden

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See also: Gulden and gülden

English

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Etymology

From Middle English, from Middle Dutch 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

Anagrams

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch guldijn, guldin, gulden, from Old Dutch *guldīn, from Proto-West Germanic *gulþīn, from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz. Equivalent to goud +‎ -en, replaced in modern Dutch with gouden in most contexts (see there for more).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

gulden (not comparable)

  1. golden, made of gold
    Synonym: gouden
  2. (figurative) precious, excellent, priceless
  3. guilded, plated with gold or coated with something resembling gold
    Synonym: verguld

Declension

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

Derived terms

Noun

gulden m (plural guldens, diminutive guldentje n)

  1. the guilder (or florin, abbreviated fl.), the Dutch national currency before the introduction of the Euro in 2002
    Synonyms: florijn, piek, zoof
  2. the Netherlands Indian gulden, the currency of colonial Indonesia prior to its 1945 independence
  3. the Netherlands Antillean guilder, the national currency formerly used in the former Netherlands Antilles
  4. name of several historical gold or silver coins
  5. (Suriname, informal, colloquial) the Surinamese dollar

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Descendants

  • Berbice Creole Dutch: golu
  • Lokono: gulden
  • Aukan: kolu
  • Papiamentu: heldu, eldu, gilden
  • Pidgin Delaware: gull
  • Saramaccan: kölu
  • Sranan Tongo: golu
    • Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: kolu

Middle English

Adjective

gulden

  1. Alternative form of gilden

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

gulden

  1. plural preterite subjunctive of ġieldan

Polish

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dziesięć guldenów

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gulden, from Middle High German guldīn, gulden.

Pronunciation

Noun

gulden m animal

  1. (historical) golden guilder (coin)
    • 1890, Bolesław Prus, chapter 2, in David Welsh, transl., Lalka, volume 1:
      Wchodzili tam obaj ze służącym, zapalali parę płomyków gazu i, podczas gdy służący zamiatał podłogę, pan Ignacy odczytywał przez binokle ze swego notatnika rozkład zajęć na dzień dzisiejszy.
       — Oddać w banku 800 rubli, aha... Do Lublina wysłać trzy albumy, tuzin portmonetek... Właśnie!... Do Wiednia przekaz na 1.200 guldenów... Z kolei odebrać transport... Zmonitować rymarza za nieodesłanie walizek... Bagatela!... Napisać list do Stasia... Bagatela...
      He and the servant went in, lit a few little gas-jets and, while the servant was sweeping the floor, Ignacy perused his timetable for the day through his eye-glasses:
      ‘Put 800 roubles into the bank, hm ... Three albums and a dozen wallets to be dispatched in Lublin ... That's it! An order to Vienna for 1,200 guldens ... A mere nothing, to be sure! Write to Staś ... Oh, a mere nothing ...’
  2. (historical) gulden (former unit of currency of Austria-Hungary)
  3. (historical) guilder, gulden (former unit of currency of the Netherlands)
  4. (historical) gulden (former unit of currency of the Free City of Danzig)
  5. (historical) guilder (former unit of currency of Suriname)

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adjective
noun

Further reading

  • gulden in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gulden in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gulden.

Noun

gulden m (plural guldeni)

  1. gulden, guilder

Declension

Swedish

Noun

gulden

  1. definite plural of guld