guilder vs gulden what difference
what is difference between guilder and gulden
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɪldə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɪldɚ/
- Homophone: gilder
- Rhymes: -ɪldə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: guild‧er
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch gulden (“golden”).
Noun
guilder (plural guilders)
- The former currency unit in the Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.
- The former currency unit in Suriname, divided into 100 cents.
- The current currency unit in the islands in the former Netherlands Antilles, divided into 100 cents.
Alternative forms
- gilder (rare)
Translations
Further reading
- guilder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Noun
guilder (plural guilders)
- Obsolete spelling of gilder (“one who gilds”)
Anagrams
- regulid
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Middle Dutch gulden (florijn) (“golden (florin)”).
Noun
gulden (plural guldens or gulden)
- (historical) An old currency of the Netherlands (and its overseas territory the Netherlands Antilles).
Synonyms
- guilder
Derived terms
- guilder
References
- Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Anagrams
- ledung, lunged, ungeld
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 in most contexts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣʏl.dən/
- Hyphenation: gul‧den
- Rhymes: -ʏldən
Adjective
gulden (not comparable)
- golden, made of gold
- Synonym: gouden
- (figuratively) precious, excellent, priceless
- guilded, plated with gold or coated with something resembling gold
- Synonym: verguld
Inflection
Derived terms
- guldenblad
- guldenroede
- guldensnede
Noun
gulden m (plural guldens, diminutive guldentje n)
- The guilder (or florin, abbreviated fl.), the Dutch national currency till the introduction of the Euro.
- Synonyms: florijn, piek
- The Netherlands Antillean guilder, the national currency formerly used in the former Netherlands Antilles.
- Name of several historical gold or silver coins.
Synonyms
- ƒ, fl
Descendants
- Berbice Creole Dutch: golu
- → Papiamentu: heldu, eldu, gilden
Coordinate terms
- daalder
- stuiver
Middle English
Adjective
gulden
- Alternative form of gilden
Swedish
Noun
gulden
- definite plural of guld
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