Geld

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1 English
2 Dutch
- 2.1 Noun
- 2.2 Verb

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English

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Pronunciation

IPA: /geld/

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Etymology 1

Medieval Latin geldum, Old English gield, "payment", "tribute". Confer Dutch geld, "money", German Geld, "money", Old Norse giald, "payment", Gothic gild, "tribute". Also confer "yield". Geld is also written gelt, or gild, and as such found in "Danegelt", and "wergild".

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Noun

geld

money; tribute; compensation; ransom.

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Etymology 2

Confer the German, dialectal words gelten, "to geld", and gelze, "castrated swine". Hence "gelding"

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Verb

to geld (third-person singular simple present gelds, present participle gelding, simple past gelded, past participle gelded)

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