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Definition: Geld |
GeldVerb1. Cut off the testicles; of male animals such as horses. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "geld" was first used: sometime around 1300. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Impotence | Unman, unnerve, enervate; emasculate, castrate, geld, alter, neuter, sterilize, fix. |
Money | Phrase: barbarus ipse placet dummodo sit dives; "but the jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that honor feels"; Gelt regiert die Welt, money makes the world go round; nervos belli pecuniam infinitam; redet Geld so schweigt die Welt; " money is the mother's milk of politics"; money is the root of all evil; money isn't everything; "as phony as a three-dollar bill"; "don't take any wooden nickels". |
Nonaddition Subtraction | Garble, mutilate, amputate, detruncate; cut off, cut away, cut out; abscind, excise; pare, thin, prune, decimate; abrade, scrape, file; geld, castrate; eliminate. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Geld |
| English words defined with "geld": Ungeld ♦ Wodegeld. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "geld": Hide of Land ♦ personal reintegration budget ♦ the four Gs. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "geld": Guild ♦ Ungeld ♦ Wodegeld. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Geld" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (money), Dutch (money), Flemish (money), German (finance, gold, money). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Das Geld liegt auf der Bank (1971) Geld und Geist (1964) Bis daß das Geld euch scheidet (1960) Geld aus der Luft (1954) Komedie om geld (1936) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Geld lässt man nicht so rumliegen : Arzneimittel gehören in eine gut verschliessbare Hausapotheke.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| "Geld" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Geld" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 66.67% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 16.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (singular) | 16.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "geld": redet Geld so schweigt die Welt. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
geld | 226 |
geld lenen | 170 |
geld verdienen | 86 |
geld verdienen im internet | 17 |
geld gratis win | 12 |
geld nodig | 12 |
geld winnen | 11 |
geld vouwen | 10 |
geld sparen | 9 |
geld nl | 9 |
geld veel verdienen | 9 |
geld gewinnen | 9 |
geld lening | 8 |
geld mlm network verdienen werbung | 7 |
contant geld | 6 |
geld snel verdienen | 6 |
geld ima | 6 |
geld verdienen op internet | 6 |
geld stallion | 6 |
geld verdienen online | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "geld"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tredh (castrate, doctor, emasculate, evirate), tatim (cess, charge, duty, imposition, impost, rating, ratio, tax, taxability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هذب (chasten, civilize, cultivate, edify, educate, elevate, file, lop, perfect, polish, prune, refine, retouch, revise, shear off, sublimate, touch, touch up, trim), حرم (abridge, ban, be bereaved, be forbidden, bereave, contraband, debar, deny, deprive, disable, dispossess, divest, excommunicate, forbade, forbid, interdict, inviolable, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe, restrain, rob, sacred, sanctuary, starve, suppress, wife), خصى (alter, castrate, emasculate, neuter), أضعف (attenuate, break, debilitate, decay, decline, depress, detach, diminish, disable, emaciate, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, fade, hone, hurt, impair, incapacitate, invalidate, jellify, languish, lose weight, macerate, neutralize, pall, perish, reduce, run down, sag, sap, shorten, sink, slacken, slake, soften, subside, thin, waste, weaken). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | скопявам (emasculate), кастрирам (castrate, cut, emasculate, evirate, fix, gelt, unman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 騸 (to geld). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vykleštit zvíře. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | محروم کردن (Bereave, Deprive, Devest, Disappoint, Dispossess, Divest, Evacuate, Exclude), اخته کردن (Castrate, Castration, Emasculate, Mutilate, Neuter), بی تخمدان کردن (Spay). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | hongrer, châtrer, castrer, affaiblir. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verschneiden (blend, blending, castrate, clip, cut, cut badly, cut wrongly, to cut, to hit), kastrieren (alter, castrate, castration, neuter, to castrate, to emasculate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μουνουχίζω (castrate), ευνουχίζω (alter, castrate, emasculate, neuter, to castrate, to emasculate, unsex). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לסרס (castrate, emasculate, neuter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | herél. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | mengebiri (castrate, emasculate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | castrare (alter, caponise, caponize, castrate, neuter, to castrate, to emasculate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | spoiy (castrate, castration, emasculate, emasculation, gelding, neuter, spay). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | kastrere (emasculate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eldgay congelamento (freeze, frost, icing), capar (castrate). (various references) jugãni (castrate), castra (alter, castrate, cut, emasculate), întoarce (crank, put about, repay, retaliate, retort, reverse, revert, set, shift, spade, turn). (various references) кастрировать (castrate, emasculate, evirate, gelt, unman). (various references) spoth. (various references) uštrojiti (castrate, neuter). (various references) castrar (alter, caponize, castrate, doctor, emasculate, neuter, to castrate, to emasculate), capar (alter, castrate, neuter, to castrate, to emasculate). (various references) snöpa, kastrera (alter, castrate, cut, emasculate, evirate, neuter, to castrate, to emasculate). (various references) ตอนสัตว์, ล"กำลัง. (various references) iğdiş etmek (castrate, emasculate), hadım etmek (alter, castrate, cut, doctor, emasculate, evirate, unman). (various references) обкладати податком, платити податок. (various references) disbaddu (castrate, spay). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "geld": gelded, gelder, gelders, gelding, geldings, gelds. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "geld": danegeld, wergeld. (additional references) | |
Words containing "geld": danegelds, wergelds. (additional references) | |
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"Geld" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eld, gald, gauld, Gedi, Geel, Geely, gehd, gela, gelb, gelc, gele, gelf, geli, gelk, gella, gelo, gelp, gelu, gely, gelz, gend, geod, Geodh, gerd, Gezda, gilad, gilda, gildt, glec, Gledy, gler, goldi, Gueld, Gulda, ield, leld, neld, yeld, zeld. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: gled. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-g-l" | |
-1 letter: del, eld, ged, gel, led, leg. | |
-2 letters: de, ed, el. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-g-l" | |
+1 letter: gelds, gelid, glade, glede, gleds, gleed, glide, glued, ledge, ledgy, lodge, luged, ogled. | |
+2 letters: agedly, angled, argled, beglad, bilged, bugled, bulged, cudgel, daggle, dangle, deluge, dingle, dogleg, dongle, edgily, engild, fledge, fledgy, fodgel, fugled, gabled, galled, gaoled, gelada, gelded, gelder, gelled, gilded, gilder, gilled, girdle, glades, glared, glazed, gledes, gleeds, gleyed, glided, glider, glides, glimed, globed, gloved, glowed, glozed, goaled, golden, golder, golfed, guiled, gulden, gulfed, gulled, gulped, kludge, lagend, lagged, ledger, ledges, legend, legged, lodged, lodger, lodges, logged, longed, lugged, lunged, midleg, pledge, redleg, regild, ridgel, sledge, sludge. | |
+3 letters: aligned, alleged, angeled, beglads, bludger, blunged, boggled, bungled, burgled, clagged, clanged, clinged, clogged, cudgels, daggled, daggles, dangled, dangler, dangles, dealing, decalog, deglaze, deleing, delight, deluged, deluges, delving, dingles, divulge, doggrel, doglegs, doglike, dogsled, dongles, draggle, dueling, eliding, eluding, endlong, engilds, flagged, flanged, fledged, fledges, flogged, gabbled, gaggled, gallied, galoped, gambled, garbled, gargled, gaveled, geladas, gelated, gelders, gelding, gelidly, gentled, geoidal, giggled, gilders, gillied, girdled, girdler, girdles, glaceed, gladded, gladden, gladder, gladier, glaired, glaived, glanced, glandes, glassed, gleamed, gleaned, gleeked, gleeted, glenoid, gliders, glinted, gloated, glommed, gloomed, glopped, gloried, glossed, glouted, glugged, glutted, gnarled, gobbled, godless, godlier, godlike, goggled, goldest, goldeye, griddle, grilled, growled, grueled, guggled, guilder, guldens, gullied, gurgled, guttled, guzzled, haggled, higgled, indulge, jangled, jiggled, jingled, joggled, juggled, jungled, kludges, lagends, lagered, laughed, leading, leagued, ledgers, ledgier, legated, legends, lending, ligated, lighted, lodgers, lounged, mangled, melding, midlegs, mingled, niggled, obliged, plagued, pledged, pledgee, pledger, pledges, pledget, pledgor, plugged, plunged, pungled, redlegs, regaled, regilds, reglued, ridgels, singled, slagged, slanged, sledged, sledges, slogged, sludges, slugged, splodge, tangled, tingled, toggled, ullaged, unglued, waggled, wangled, welding, wergeld, wergild, wiggled. | |
+4 letters: algicide, alighted, amygdale, amygdule, anglepod, badgerly, becudgel, begalled, begirdle, beguiled, begulfed, belonged, bielding, bleeding, blending, blighted, blindage, bludgeon, bludgers, collaged, cologned, cudgeled, cudgeler, danegeld, danglers, dealings, decalogs, defiling, deglazed, deglazes, delating, delaying, delegacy, delegate, deleting, delights, deliming, deluding, deluging, develing, deviling, diallage, dialoged, dialoger, dialogue, diligent, diplegia, dirgeful, dislodge, divulged, divulger, divulges, doggedly, doggerel, doggrels, dogsleds, doweling, draggled, draggles, dragline, duelling, duologue, dwelling, edgeless, effulged, elegised, elegized, eloigned, engilded, engirdle, englobed, engulfed, enlarged, fenagled, fielding, finagled, fledgier, fledging, flighted, foliaged, gabelled, gadflies, galeated, galleted, galloped, gallused, galopade, galoshed, gamboled, gatefold, gavelled, geldings, gelidity, giftedly, gilthead, gimbaled, gimleted, girdlers, gladdens, gladdest, gladiate, gladiest, gladlier, gladness, gladsome, glanders, glandule, gliadine, glimpsed, glissade, globated, glowered, glunched, goadlike, godliest, goldener, goldenly, goldeyes, goodlier, gorgedly, grabbled, gradable, grappled, graveled, greedily, griddled, griddles, grillade, grizzled, groveled, gruelled, grumbled, gruntled, guidable, guilders, gulfweed, headlong, hydrogel, idealogy, ideology, impledge, indulged, indulger, indulges, ingulfed, jaggedly, laagered, ladening, leadings, ledgiest, legendry, lingered, lodgment, longhead, magdalen, maligned, medaling, meddling, megadeal, mislodge, modeling, needling, overgild, overglad, pedaling, peddling, pedology, pillaged, pleading, pledgees, pledgeor, pledgers, pledgets, pledging, pledgors, plighted, ploughed, plumaged, prologed, raggedly, reddling, reedling, regilded, reglazed, reglowed, repledge, ruggedly, salvaged, seedling, seladang, selvaged, selvedge, shingled, sideling, sidelong, signaled, sledding, sledging, sleighed, slighted, sloughed, sludgier, slugabed, smuggled, sniggled, snuggled, spangled, splodged, splodges, splurged, swingled, tallaged, twangled, uglified, ungalled, unglazed, ungloved, wedeling, weregild, wergelds, wergilds, wielding, wingedly, wrangled, wriggled, yielding, yodeling. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 65 6C 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. . .-.. -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100101 01101100 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G e l d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0065 006C 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41717870 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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