gulden

Adj

1. (not-comparable) golden, made of gold
2. (figuratively, not-comparable) precious, excellent, priceless
3. (not-comparable) guilded, plated with gold or coated with something resembling gold

Noun

1. (masculine) the guilder (or florin, abbreviated fl.), the Dutch national currency before the introduction of the Euro in 2002
2. (historical, masculine) the Dutch East Indies guilder, the currency of colonial Indonesia prior to its 1945 independence
3. (masculine) the Netherlands Antillean guilder (now the Caribbean guilder), the national currency circulated in the former Netherlands Antilles (now used in the Caribbean Netherlands).
4. (masculine) name of several historical gold or silver coins
5. (Suriname, colloquial, informal, masculine) the Surinamese dollar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɣʏl.dən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: guldijn

Inherited from Old Dutch: *guldīn

In summary

From Middle Dutch guldijn, guldin, gulden, from Old Dutch *guldīn, from Proto-West Germanic *gulþīn, from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz. Equivalent to goud + -en, replaced in modern Dutch with gouden in most contexts (see there for more).

Concepts

guilder

gulden

gilder

golden

gold

of gold

gilded

florin

Synonyms

gouden

Nederlandse gulden

Antilliaanse gulden

Translations

florin

Gulden

florim

golden

gulden

Gold-

florin

florí

florín

áureo

florim neerlandês

gulden

aureus

dourado

gulder