German

Noun

Geld n ‎(genitive Geldes or Gelds, plural Gelder)

1. money

Usage notes

• The plural Gelder refers to several sources or purposes of capital, or several amounts of money received or spent (mostly in the context of larger public or corporate budgets).

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Luxembourgish

Noun

Geld n ‎(plural Gelder)

1. money

English

Noun

geld ‎(plural gelds)

1. Money; notably:
   1. A tribute
   2. A compensation, notably a financial one
   3. A ransom.
   4. A medieval form of Land Tax

Related terms

• Danegeld
• hidegeld
• wergeld
• yield

Translations

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gelda ‎(“geld, castrate”), from geldr ‎(“yielding no milk, dry”), cognate with Old High German galt^[1]. Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌰 ‎(gilþa, “sickle”)^[2]. Compare the archaic German Gelze ‎(“castrated swine”) and gelzen ‎(“castrate”), Danish galt ‎(“boar”) (from Old Norse gǫltr ‎(“boar, hog”), cognate with English gilt) and gilde ‎(“to geld”). "gelding" derives from Old Norse geldingr.^[1]

Verb

geld ‎(third-person singular simple present gelds, present participle gelding, simple past and past participle gelded or gelt)

1. (transitive) To castrate a male (usually an animal).
   • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 16-17

     "Poor old Topaz," said Mrs Flanders, as he stretched himself out in the sun, and she smiled, thinking how she had had him gelded, and how she did not like red hair in men.

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References

1. 1 2 “geld” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
2. ↑ geld in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch geld ‎(“money”), cognate with German Geld ‎(“money”), Old Norse gjald ‎(“payment”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳 ‎(gild, “tribute”).

Noun

geld ‎(plural geld)

1. money

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlt
• IPA^(key): /ɣɛlt/, /xɛlt/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gheld, ghelt, from Old Dutch geld, from Proto-Germanic *geldą ‎(“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- ‎(“to pay”). Cognate with English geld, yield, German Geld ‎(“money”), West Frisian jild, Old Norse gjald ‎(“payment”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳 ‎(gild, “tribute”).

Noun

geld n ‎(plural gelden)

1. money

Derived terms

Verb

geld

1. first-person singular present indicative of gelden
2. imperative of gelden

Icelandic

Verb

geld

1. first-person singular present indicative of gjalda

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɛl(d)]

Adjective

geld ‎(comparative mair geld, superlative maist geld)

1. Alternative form of yeld