gilde

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine, neuter, no-diminutive) a guild, feudal professional corporation with a legal status and privileges
2. (feminine, neuter, no-diminutive) name of certain modern societies

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, past, singular) inflection of gillen:
2. (dated, form-of, formal, past, singular, subjunctive) inflection of gillen:

gillen

• Verb
• Noun

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Concepts

guild

corporation

trade

trade-union

association

partnership

professional association

gild

coalition

craft

craftspeople

Synonyms

club

corporatie

sociëteit

vakvereniging

Translations

Zunft

Gilde

Innung

Körperschaft

guilde

guilda

Korporation

corporazione

gremio

Zeche

Handwerk

corporação

corporation

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɣɪl.də/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: gilde

Inherited from Old Dutch: *gilda

In summary

From Middle Dutch gilde, ghilde, gulde, from Old Dutch *gilda, from Proto-West Germanic *geldan (“to pay”), from Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay”).