Gilde
German, noun
Gilde is spelled G-I-L-D-E (5 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 19,862nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gilde is a German feminine noun meaning “guild, especially of merchants” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, gilde is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mittelalterliche, (selbstnützige ist korrekter, genossenschaftlich ist falsch) Vereinigung zum Schutz und zur…”.
What does Gilde mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineguild, especially of merchants
- 2
feminineUsed in the names of certain clubs, e.g. marksmen clubs or carnival clubs.
- 3
feminineany group of, usually prestigious, people
die Gilde der Geehrten/Preisträger
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mittelalterliche, (selbstnützige ist korrekter, genossenschaftlich ist falsch) Vereinigung zum Schutz und zur Förderung gemeinsamer Interessen 2. im Hochmittelalter ein Berufsverband oder eine Zunft mit weitgehender Selbstverwaltung 3. fachliche Interessenvertretung von Handwerkern 4. organisierte Gemeinschaft von Männern
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Gilde
- Gilden plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Gilde
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gilde in German?
Gilde appears 2.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).