Gulden

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See also: gulden and gülden

German

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Etymology

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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

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

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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)

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Further reading

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  • Gulden” in Duden online
  • Gulden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache