gilden

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɪldən/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English gilden, gelden, gulden, from Old English gylden, from Proto-West Germanic *gulþīn, from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz (“golden”), from *gulþą (“gold”), equivalent to gold +‎ -en. Cognate with Dutch gulden, German gülden, Swedish gyllen. ==== Adjective ==== gilden (comparative more gilden, superlative most gilden) (obsolete) Golden; made of gold. === Etymology 2 === From gild +‎ -en. ==== Verb ==== gilden (third-person singular simple present gildens, present participle gildening, simple past and past participle gildened) (ambitransitive) To make or become golden or gilded === Anagrams === Dingle, dingle, elding, engild, ingled == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɪldən === Verb === gilden inflection of gillen: plural past indicative (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive == German == === Alternative forms === gilten gülden === Etymology === From a colloquial merger of various dialectal forms of gelten and the related (obsolete) gülten. Compare for example Alemannic German gülte, gilde, Rhine Franconian gille, Central Franconian jelle, jölde. === Verb === gilden (weak, third-person singular present gildet, past tense gildete, past participle gegildet, auxiliary haben) (Germany, colloquial, chiefly childish) to count; to be valid Synonym: gelten ==== Usage notes ==== Although this verb is fully conjugable, the 3rd-person singular present gildet is by far the commonest form. It is often used as if it were a form of gelten, thus instead of standard gilt. ==== Conjugation ==== == Middle English == === Alternative forms === gylden, gildene, gyldene, gulden, guldene, guylden, guyldene, guildene === Etymology === From Old English gylden. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡiːldən/, /ˈɡildən/ === Adjective === gilden Formed from gold. Covered or decorated with gold. Golden in colour. (figurative) Having great wealth; rich. (figurative) Glorious, worthy of honour; blessed, happy. ==== Descendants ==== English: gilden; golden (by way of Middle English golden) Scots: gilten (obsolete); gowden (by way of Middle English golden) ==== See also ==== golden ==== References ==== “gī̆lden, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjil.den/, [ˈjiɫ.den] === Verb === ġilden plural present subjunctive of ġildan