Gelt definition
Money.
noun
(slang) Money.
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
gelt
Plural:
geltsOrigin of gelt
- Yiddish from Middle High German geld from Old High German gelt recompense
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle High German gelt (Modern German Geld), from Old High German gelt (“payment, money”), from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gheldh- (“to pay”). Reinforced by Yiddish געלט (gelt). Cognate with native geld, Dutch geld (“money”), Danish gjæld (“debt”), Swedish gäld (“debt”).
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- From Middle English, from gelden (“to geld, castrate”). More at geld.
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- From Yiddish געלט (gelt). See above for more.
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- From Irish geilt.
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- Variation of gilt.
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