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Geld
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English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /gɛld/
Etymology 1
Medieval Latin geldum , Old English gield , "payment", "tribute". Confer Dutch geld, "money", German Geld, "money", Old Norse giald , "payment", Gothic gild , "tribute". Also confer "yield". Geld is also written gelt, or gild, and as such found in "Danegelt ", and "wergild ".
Noun
geld
- money; tribute ; compensation; ransom .
Etymology 2
Confer the German, dialectal words gelten , "to geld", and gelze , "castrated swine". Hence "gelding"
Verb
to geld
German
Pronunciation
- IPA: /gɛlt/
Noun
Geld n
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