gulden
Americannoun
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guldens,
plural
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gulden
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of gulden
1590–1600; < Dutch gulden ( florijin ) golden (florin)
Example Sentences
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The loss of a few gulden in a messenger robbery sets him yowling like an alley cat.
From Time Magazine Archive
At two o'clock, he had won four thousand two hundred gulden.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the morning, she gave the Lieutenant a thousand gulden.
From Time Magazine Archive
Willi promises his impecunious friend that he will gamble with what little money he can lay his hands on in the hope of winning 1,000 gulden.
From Time Magazine Archive
The unit gulden and the 3-gulden piece were also minted for private accompt, but the divisional silver money, the copper money, and the gold standard 10-gulden piece were only to be minted on Government account.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw
The two hundred guldens for himself had been paid him on the nail, and he had even insisted on having four hundred.
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill
We ask for twenty thousand guldens of this superabundance; certainly a just and moderate demand.
From Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace by Wilhelm Hauff
According to it the Reichs thaler was raised to 120 kreutzers, or 2 florins, the mark being minted into 12 thalers or 18 guldens.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw
The ordinary salary of 200 guldens is so insufficient that many elementary school teachers actually starve.
From The Modern Woman's Rights Movement A Historical Survey by Kaethe Schirmacher
It seems he must have saved up three hundred guldens more, which are causing him a good deal of embarrassment.
From Vondel's Lucifer by Joost van den Vondel
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