gulden
Americannoun
PLURAL
guldens, guldennoun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of gulden
1590–1600; < Dutch gulden ( florijin ) golden (florin)
Example Sentences
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A German monetary union was created in 1857, which replaced the many different currencies of the many different German states with a dual system based on the north German thaler and the south German gulden.
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The course of the gold gulden which could be given is exactly parallel.
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Her husband says, "Elise and her fianc� wanted to go to the theatre, too, but couldn't because they could get only poor seats, three for one gulden and a half."
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Silver was worth about this amount per Troy ounce at this period, so that roughly, silver of a value of 1,100 gulden would be about 1,100 Troy ounces.
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Since last year he has settled on me a pension of six hundred guldens, which I am to draw until I find an appointment suited to me.
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