Gulden

See also: gulden and gülden

German

Etymology

From Middle High German guldīn, gulden (“gold coin”, literally “golden”), from such forms as gulden pfenninc (“golden penny”), but especially from the gulden florīn (“golden florin”), a gold coin from Florence, which became popular in Germanic-speaking Europe since the late Middle Ages. Gulden was the predominant High German word for “golden”, though it was later supplanted by the variant forms gülden and eventually golden. The modern use of the noun in part after Dutch gulden.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʊldən/, [ˈɡʊldən], [ˈɡʊldn̩]
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Noun

Gulden m (strong, genitive Guldens, plural Gulden)

  1. (finance, now chiefly history) guilder (currency of the Netherlands until 2001)
  2. (history) florin; guilder (mediaeval and early modern coin)

Declension
Declension of Gulden [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Gulden die Gulden
genitive eines des Guldens der Gulden
dative einem dem Gulden den Gulden
accusative einen den Gulden die Gulden

Further reading
  • “Gulden” in Duden online
  • “Gulden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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