gelten

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German gelten, from Old High German geltan. Compare Dutch gelden, English yield, Icelandic gjalda. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɛltn̩/, /ˈɡɛltən/ Homophone: gellten === Verb === gelten (class 3 strong, third-person singular present gilt, past tense galt, past participle gegolten, past subjunctive gälte or gölte, auxiliary haben) (intransitive) to be valid; to count; to hold true Synonym: (colloquial; childish) gilden (intransitive) to be effective; to be in force (transitive) to be worth Kurt Honolka (tr.), "Das Pfand der Liebe", in Antonín Dvořák, Sechs Klänge aus Mahren. (intransitive, formal) to be about, to concern [with dative ‘someone/something, e.g. a particular subject’] (intransitive) to be regarded, to pass [with als (+ nominative) or für (+ accusative) ‘as/for something’] (impersonal) to be necessary (intransitive, with “lassen”) to pass; to go; (Often translated with lassen as a unit into allow, endure, permit, accept, etc.) ==== Conjugation ==== Neither form of the subjunctive II is common in contemporary German. While gölte sounds archaic, gälte is also avoided since it is homophonous with the forms of the present. ==== Derived terms ==== geltend Geltung ==== Related terms ==== gültig === Further reading === “gelten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “gelten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “gelten” in Duden online “gelten” in OpenThesaurus.de