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guilder

 
Dictionary: guil·der   (gĭl'dər) pronunciation
 
n. (Abbr. )
  1. A basic unit of currency in Suriname.
  2. The primary unit of currency in the Netherlands before the adoption of the euro.

[Middle English gilder, alteration of Middle Dutch gulden, golden.]


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IN BRIEF: The basic unit of money in the Netherlands.

pronunciation The man had just one guilder in his pocket.

 
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Guilder is the English translation of the Dutch gulden — from Old Dutch for 'golden'. The guilder originated as a gold coin (hence the name) but has been a common name for a silver or base metal coin for some centuries. The name has often been interchangeable with florin.

The guilder in the Netherlands was replaced by the euro on 1 January 2002.

One-and-a-half guilder was called a daalder (see thaler); two-and-a-half guilder was called a rijksdaalder. The word daalder/thaler is the origin of dollar.

Current guilder:

Former currencies of the Kingdom of the Netherlands:

Historical guilders or guldens:

Guilder and Florin are also two fictional nations in the book The Princess Bride.

See also

Other coin names that are derived from the gold of which they were once made:


 
Translations: Guilder
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - gylden

Nederlands (Dutch)
gulden

Français (French)
n. - florin

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gulden

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (νόμισμα) γκίλντεν

Italiano (Italian)
gulden (fiorino olandese)

Português (Portuguese)
n. - florim (m) holandês, qualquer de várias antigas moedas (f pl) da Áustria, Alemanha e Holanda

Русский (Russian)
гульден (денежная единица)

Español (Spanish)
n. - florín

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gulden (myntenhet), florin

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
荷兰盾

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 荷蘭盾

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 길더 (네덜란드의 100센트), 네덜란드의 옛 동전

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ギルダー, 1ギルダー銀貨

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الجلدر : وحدة النقد الهولندي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮יחידת המטבע הראשית בהולנד, גילדר (מטבע)‬


 
 

 

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