gulden

[ gool-dn ]

/ ˈgul dn /

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noun, plural gul·dens, gul·den.

guilder.

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Origin of gulden

1590–1600; <Dutch gulden (florijin) golden (florin)

Words nearby gulden

gula, gulag, gular, Gulbenkian, gulch, gulden, Gülek Bogaz, gules, gulf, Gulf Cooperation Council, Gulf of Mexico

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How to use gulden in a sentence

Besides this, you have squandered five hundred gulden of your own money, without reckoning what is yet to be spent.
Black Diamonds|Mr Jkai
I had still three of the gulden that Luigi gave me, and I went to a house-painter and got work with him.
Villa Rubein and Other Stories|John Galsworthy
But no one has ever known where went the four hundred thousand gulden.
A German Pompadour|Marie Hay
He vows that if more gulden cannot be lured into his pocket, he must retire from court.
A German Pompadour|Marie Hay

In return a hundred gulden, and I undertake also to have the Pfarrhaus repaired.
A German Pompadour|Marie Hay

British Dictionary definitions for gulden

gulden

/ (ˈɡʊldən) /

noun plural -dens or -den

a variant of guilder

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