Guilder
/ˈɡɪl.dər/noun
A former gold coin of the Netherlands, or the basic monetary unit formerly used in the Netherlands and some Caribbean territories.
Did you know?Guilder comes from the same Germanic root as gold, so the coin’s name was basically a public declaration that money itself was made to shine.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*gulþą
“gold”
Old High German
OHG
golt
“gold”
Middle Dutch
Middle Dutch
gulden
“golden; a gold coin”
Late Middle English
English
gilder
“a gold coin of the Low Countries”
Modern English
English
guilder
“a Dutch gold coin; later, the currency unit of the Netherlands”