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geld.

money

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɣɛlt/[xɛlt]Dutch, Northern[ɣɛlt]Dutch, Southern

  1. money

    neuter · no-diminutive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch gelt, gheld, ghelt, from Old Dutch geld, from Proto-West Germanic *geld, from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”).

adj/ɣɛlt/[xɛlt]Dutch, Northern[ɣɛlt]Dutch, Southern

  1. not pregnant

    not-comparable · obsolete

  2. male

    masculine · not-comparable · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch gelde, probably borrowed from Old Norse geldr (“barren, yielding no milk”), from Proto-Germanic *galdaz, *galdijaz (“barren, unfruitful”). The ultimate origin is uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to cut”), or from *gʰel- (“to shout, cry”).

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