# gulden
## 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
### Alternative forms

* gl. (noun, abbreviation)

### Etymology

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).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɣʏl.dən/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: gul‧den
* Rhymes: -ʏldən

### Adjective

gulden (not comparable)
* golden, made of gold
    Synonym: gouden
* (figurative) precious, excellent, priceless
* guilded, plated with gold or coated with something resembling gold
    Synonym: verguld

#### Derived terms

* gulden regel
* gulden sleutelbloem
* gulden snede
* guldenblad
* guldenroede

### Noun

gulden m (plural guldens, diminutive guldentje n)
* the guilder (or florin, abbreviated fl.), the Dutch national currency before the introduction of the Euro in 2002
    Synonyms: florijn, piek, zoof
* the Netherlands Indian gulden, the currency of colonial Indonesia prior to its 1945 independence
* the Netherlands Antillean guilder, the national currency formerly used in the former Netherlands Antilles
* name of several historical gold or silver coins
* (Suriname, informal, colloquial) the Surinamese dollar

#### Synonyms

* ƒ, fl

#### Coordinate terms

* daalder
* stuiver

#### Derived terms

* duizendguldenkruid

#### Descendants

* Berbice Creole Dutch: golu
* → Lokono: gulden
* → Aukan: kolu
* → Papiamentu: heldu, eldu, gilden
* → Pidgin Delaware: gull
* → Saramaccan: kölu
* → Sranan Tongo: golu
** → Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: kolu

## Middle English
### Adjective

gulden
* Alternative form of gilden

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡul.den/, [ˈɡuɫ.den]

### Verb

gulden
* plural preterite subjunctive of ġieldan

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Gulden, from Middle High German guldīn, gulden.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡul.dɛn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uldɛn
* Syllabification: gul‧den

### Noun

gulden m animal
* (historical) golden guilder (coin)
** 1890, Bolesław Prus, chapter 2, in David Welsh, transl., Lalka, volume 1:Wchodzili tam obaj ze służącym, zapalali parę płomyków gazu i, podczas gdy służący zamiatał podłogę, pan Ignacy odczytywał przez binokle ze swego notatnika rozkład zajęć na dzień dzisiejszy.  — Oddać w banku 800 rubli, aha... Do Lublina wysłać trzy albumy, tuzin portmonetek... Właśnie!... Do Wiednia przekaz na 1.200 guldenów... Z kolei odebrać transport... Zmonitować rymarza za nieodesłanie walizek... Bagatela!... Napisać list do Stasia... Bagatela...He and the servant went in, lit a few little gas-jets and, while the servant was sweeping the floor, Ignacy perused his timetable for the day through his eye-glasses: ‘Put 800 roubles into the bank, hm ... Three albums and a dozen wallets to be dispatched in Lublin ... That's it! An order to Vienna for 1,200 guldens ... A mere nothing, to be sure! Write to Staś ... Oh, a mere nothing ...’
* (historical) gulden (former unit of currency of Austria-Hungary)
* (historical) guilder, gulden (former unit of currency of the Netherlands)
* (historical) gulden (former unit of currency of the Free City of Danzig)
* (historical) guilder (former unit of currency of Suriname)

#### Derived terms

* guldenowy
* guldenówka

### Further reading

* gulden in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* gulden in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French gulden.

### Noun

gulden m (plural guldeni)
* gulden, guilder

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Noun

gulden
* definite plural of guld