golden

== English == === Alternative forms === goulden (obsolete) === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡəʊl.dən/, [ˈɡɒʊ̯ɫ.dn̩] (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡoʊl.dən/, [ˈɡəɫ.dn̩] Rhymes: -əʊldən Hyphenation: gol‧den === Etymology 1 === From Middle English golden, a restored form (due to the noun gold) of earlier Middle English gulden, gylden, gilden ("golden"; > English gilden), from Old English gylden (“golden”), from Proto-West Germanic *gulþīn, from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz (“golden, made of gold”), equivalent to gold +‎ -en. Cognate with Dutch gouden, gulden (“golden”), German gülden, golden (“golden”), Danish gylden (“golden”). Doublet of gilden. More at gold. ==== Adjective ==== golden (comparative more golden or goldener, superlative most golden or goldenest) Made of, or relating to, gold. Having a color or other richness suggestive of gold. Of a beverage, flavoured or colored with turmeric. [from c. 2010] Marked by prosperity, creativity etc. Advantageous or very favourable. Relating to a fiftieth anniversary. Relating to the elderly or retired. (UK, slang, predicative) Fine, without problems. ===== Synonyms ===== (color of or like gold): see goldish § Synonyms ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== golden (plural goldens) Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia. Ellipsis of golden retriever. === Etymology 2 === From gold +‎ -en, or perhaps a derivation from the adjective above. ==== Verb ==== golden (third-person singular simple present goldens, present participle goldening, simple past and past participle goldened) (intransitive) To become gold or golden (in color). (transitive) To make golden or like gold. ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === Delong, dongle, longed == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔldən === Verb === golden inflection of gelden: plural past indicative (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive === Anagrams === dongel, gondel == German == === Alternative forms === gülden (archaic, poetic) gulden, gölden (obsolete) === Etymology === Common since the 18th century. Alteration (after Gold (“gold”)) of older gulden, gülden, from Middle High German guldīn, güldīn, from Old High German guldīn, from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz. Equivalent to Gold +‎ -en. Cognate with Dutch gulden, gouden, English golden. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɔldən/ Hyphenation: gol‧den === Adjective === golden (strong nominative masculine singular goldener, comparative goldener, superlative am goldensten) golden; gold (made of gold) golden (gold-colored) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (in predicative use) aus Gold (in attributive use) Gold- ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === === Further reading === “golden” in Duden online “golden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Middle English == === Alternative forms === goldene, goldyn, goldin, goldun, goldyng, goldein, gowuldyn, colden, coldin === Etymology === From gilden, reformed by analogy with gold. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɔldən/, /ˈɡoːldən/ === Adjective === golden Formed from gold. Decorated or covered with gold. Having a golden colour. (figurative) Of excellent quality or worth; precious, best. ==== Descendants ==== English: golden Scots: gowden ==== See also ==== gilden === References === “gōlden, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018. == Old English == === Verb === golden past participle of ġieldan == Plautdietsch == === Adjective === golden golden == Spanish == === Noun === golden f (plural golden) Golden Delicious