different between gilden vs gilder

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ld?n/

Etymology 1

From Middle English gilden, gelden, gulden, from Old English gylden, from Proto-Germanic *gulþ?naz (“golden”), from *gulþ? (“gold”), equivalent to gold +? -en. Cognate with Dutch gulden, German gülden, Swedish gyllen.

Adjective

gilden (comparative more gilden, superlative most gilden)

1. (obsolete) Golden; made of gold.

Etymology 2

From gild +? -en.

Verb

gilden (third-person singular simple present gildens, present participle gildening, simple past and past participle gildened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become golden or gilded

Anagrams

• Dingle, dingle, elding, engild, ingled

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ld?n

Verb

gilden

1. plural past indicative and subjunctive of gillen

German

Alternative forms

• gülden

Etymology

From a colloquial merger of various dialectal forms of gelten and the related (obsolete) gülten. Compare for example Alemannic German gülte, gilde, Rhine Franconian gille, Central Franconian jelle, jölde.

Verb

gilden (weak, third-person singular present gildet, past tense gildete, past participle gegildet, auxiliary haben)

1. (colloquial, chiefly childish) to count; to be valid

Usage notes

• Although this verb is fully conjugable, the 3rd-person singular present gildet is by far the commonest form. It is often used as if it were a form of gelten, thus instead of standard gilt.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• gelten

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gylden, gildene, gyldene, gulden, guldene, guylden, guyldene, guildene

Etymology

From Old English gylden, from Proto-Germanic *gulþ?naz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?ld?n/, /??ild?n/

Adjective

gilden

1. Formed from gold.
2. Covered or decorated with gold.
3. Golden in colour.
4. (figurative) Having great wealth; rich.
5. (figurative) Glorious, worthy of honour; blessed, happy.

Descendants

• English: gilden; golden (by way of Middle English golden)
• Scots: gilten (obsolete); gowden (by way of Middle English golden)

See also

• golden

References

• “g??lden, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018.

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???ld?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???ld?/
• Homophone: guilder
• Rhymes: -?ld?(?)
• Hyphenation: gild?er

Etymology 1

From Middle English gilder (“gilder; goldsmith”) [and other forms], from gilden (“to cover with gilding, gild; to decorate with gold”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??elh?- (“to flourish; green, yellow”)) + -er, -ere (suffix forming agent nouns, especially the names of persons engaged in professions or trades); analysable as gild +? -er.

Noun

gilder (plural gilders)

1. One who gilds; especially one whose occupation is to overlay things with gold.

Alternative forms

• guilder (obsolete)

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English gilder (“any of various coins (originally gold), especially in use in Flanders, Germany and Holland”) [and other forms], from Middle Dutch gulden, Middle Low German gulden (“guilder”), influenced by Middle English gilden (“made of gold; covered or decorated with gold; of a gold colour; wealthy; glorious; precious; blessed, happy; relating to the middle way or mean”).

Noun

gilder (plural gilders)

1. (archaic, rare) Alternative spelling of guilder

References

Further reading

• gilder (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “gilder, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• girdle, girled, glider, gridle, regild, ridgel

Danish

Noun

gilder c

1. indefinite plural of gilde