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From Middle High German gëlt, from Old High German gëlt, këlt, from Proto-West Germanic *geld, from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”).

The modern consonantism -d instead of expected -t is Central and Low German (compare Middle Low German gelt, -des, from Old Saxon geld); but also Upper German in some dialects through revoicing after -l-. Compare Dutch geld, English geld, yield, Swedish gäld.

Geld n (strong, genitive Geldes or Gelds, plural Gelder)

  1. money
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Geld

From Middle High German gelt, from Old High German gelt, kelt, from Proto-West Germanic *geld (“reward, gift, money”).

Geld n (plural Gelder)

  1. money
    Ich hon keen Geld meh.
    I have no more money.

From Middle High German gelt, from Old High German kelt, from Proto-West Germanic *geld.

Geld n (plural Gelder)

  1. money

Pennsylvania German

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From Middle High German gelt, from Old High German kelt, from Proto-West Germanic *geld. Compare German Geld, Dutch geld.

Geld n

  1. money