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Gulden
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gulden gülden
German
Etymology
From de gmh guldīn, gmh gulden gold coin golden, from such forms as gmh gulden pfenninc golden penny, but especially from the gmh gulden florīn golden florin, a gold coin from Florence, which became popular in Germanic-speaking Europe since the late Middle Ages. de gulden Gulden was the predominant High German word for “golden”, though it was later supplanted by the variant forms de gülden and eventually de golden. The modern use of the noun in part after de nl gulden.
Pronunciation
de /ˈɡʊldən/ [ˈɡʊldən] [ˈɡʊldn̩]
de De-Gulden.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m
de finance now chiefly history guilder currency of the Netherlands until 2001
de history florin; guilder mediaeval and early modern coin
Declension
m
Hyponyms
de Florentiner Gulden, de Goldgulden, de Rechnungsgulden, de Silbergulden, de Schildgulden
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