געלט
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Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German gelt, from Old High German gelt (“payment, money”) (compare German Geld), from Proto-West Germanic *geld (“reward, gift, money”).
Compare Dutch geld (“money”), Danish gjæld (“debt”), Swedish gäld (“debt”), English geld.
Pronunciation
Noun
געלט • (gelt) n, plural געלטער (gelter)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: gelt
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