Gulden

Meaning

1. (masculine, strong) guilder (currency of the Netherlands until 2001)
2. (masculine, strong) florin; guilder (mediaeval and early modern coin)

Concepts

guilder

gilder

gulden

golden

Synonyms

golden

goldfarben

Niederländischer Gulden

goldfarbig

Niederländische-Antillen-Gulden

Antillen-Gulden

Translations

gulden

florin

florin

florín

florim

gulden

florim neerlandês

florí

fiorino

florijn

florijn

Nederlandse gulden

Antilliaanse gulden

جلدن

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡʊldən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: guldīn

In summary

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.