gülden
[ˈɡʏldn̩]
The verdict
“gülden” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Farbe von Gold
Corpus desk
Index DE-gulden · gülden · German
gülden · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gülden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡʏldn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gülden“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gülden is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡʏldn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in der Farbe von Gold".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gülden, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is gülden, spelled G-Ü-L-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1in der Farbe von Gold
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gülden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie trug ein güldenes Ringlein.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.