golden

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English

Alternative forms

• goulden (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡəʊl.dən/, [ˈɡɒʊ̯ɫ.dn̩]
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoʊl.dən/, [ˈɡəɫ.dn̩]
• Rhymes: -əʊldən
• Hyphenation: gol‧den

Etymology 1

From Middle English golden, a restored form (due to the noun gold) of earlier Middle English gulden, gylden, gilden ("golden"; > English gilden), from Old English gylden (“golden”), from Proto-West Germanic *gulþīn, from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz (“golden, made of gold”), equivalent to gold +‎ -en.

Cognate with Dutch gouden, gulden (“golden”), German gülden, golden (“golden”), Danish gylden (“golden”). Doublet of gilden. More at gold.

Adjective

golden (comparative more golden or goldener, superlative most golden or goldenest)

1. Made of, or relating to, gold.
2. Having a color or other richness suggestive of gold.

   Under a golden sun.

3. Of a beverage, flavoured or colored with turmeric. [from c. 2010]
4. Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.

   The Renaissance was a golden era.

   the Golden Horseshoe
5. Advantageous or very favourable.
6. Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.

7. Relating to the elderly or retired.

8. (UK, slang, predicative) Fine, without problems.

Synonyms

• (color of or like gold): see goldish § Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

golden (plural goldens)

1. Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.
2. Ellipsis of golden retriever.

Etymology 2

From gold +‎ -en, or perhaps a derivation from the adjective above.

Verb

golden (third-person singular simple present goldens, present participle goldening, simple past and past participle goldened)

1. (intransitive) To become gold or golden (in color).
2. (transitive) To make golden or like gold.

Translations

Anagrams

• Delong, dongle, longed

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔldən

Verb

golden

1. inflection of gelden:
   1. plural past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

Anagrams

• dongel, gondel

German

Alternative forms

• gülden (archaic, poetic)
• gulden, gölden (obsolete)

Etymology

Common since the 18th century. Alteration (after Gold (“gold”)) of older gulden, gülden, from Middle High German guldīn, güldīn, from Old High German guldīn, from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz. Equivalent to Gold +‎ -en. Cognate with Dutch gulden, gouden, English golden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔldən/
• Hyphenation: gol‧den

Adjective

golden (strong nominative masculine singular goldener, comparative goldener, superlative am goldensten)

1. golden; gold (made of gold)
2. golden (gold-colored)

Declension

Synonyms

• (in predicative use) aus Gold
• (in attributive use) Gold-

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

• “golden” in Duden online
• “golden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle English

Alternative forms

• goldene, goldyn, goldin, goldun, goldyng, goldein, gowuldyn, colden, coldin

Etymology

From gilden, reformed by analogy with gold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔldən/, /ˈɡoːldən/

Adjective

golden

1. Formed from gold.
2. Decorated or covered with gold.
3. Having a golden colour.
4. (figurative) Of excellent quality or worth; precious, best.

Descendants

• English: golden
• Scots: gowden

See also

• gilden

References

• “gōlden, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018.

Old English

Verb

golden

1. past participle of ġieldan

Plautdietsch

Adjective

golden

1. golden

Spanish

Noun

golden f (plural golden)

1. Golden Delicious