Meanings
plural guldens
- historicalAn old currency of the Netherlands (and its former overseas territory the Netherlands Antilles or the Dutch East Indies).
The wheel spun and stopped at 13. I had lost! With a feeling like a sick qualm, as though I would like to make my way out of the crowd and go home, I staked another fifty gulden—this time on the red.
1867, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, chapter II, in The Gambler, translated by C. J. Hogarth^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Gambler_(1867)/II)Synonyms: guilder
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn old currency of the Netherlands (and its former overseas territory the Netherlands Antilles or the Dutch East Indies).
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents
nounformerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents
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Origin
- Middle Dutchgulden“golden (florin)”
- Englishgulden
From Middle English, from Middle Dutch gulden (florijn) (“golden (florin)”).
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gulden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gulden
“gulden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gulden. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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