gelt
1 Americanverb
noun
verb
noun
Etymology
Origin of gelt
1890–95; < Yiddish < Middle High German geld money; in earlier British dial. uses < German or Dutch; see geld 2
Example Sentences
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They open the traditional gifts: one night, matching pajamas from grandparents; another night, books from an aunt and uncle; another night, chocolate gelt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
For example, she ordered Hanukkah gelt – chocolate coins wrapped in foil — from three vendors and got two out of three.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2021
Other traditions that have become ubiquitous with the Festival of Lights include gift exchanges, dreidel games, chocolate coins and gelt, potato latkes and other fried foods.
From Fox News • Nov. 28, 2021
So customers instead are buying up his delicatessen’s gift baskets stuffed with chopped liver, gelt and a tub of crème fraîche to ship to relatives.
From Washington Times • Dec. 9, 2020
They saw us, and one guy beckoned for me to gelt up.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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