geld
To tax geldTo tax geld.
» She gelded a foal.
Sie kastrierte ein Fohlen.
Она кастрировала жеребёнка.
Meaning
4 senses(historical)To tax geld.
(transitive)To castrate a male (usually an animal).
(figuratively, transitive)To suppress or severely reduce sexual desire or libido.
(figuratively, transitive)To deprive of anything essential; to weaken.
- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
Examples
3 sentencesShe gelded a foal.
ruОна кастрировала жеребёнка.
deSie kastrierte ein Fohlen.
Hanukkah gelt is pocket money that it is customary to give to children on Hanukkah.
Хануке-ґелт - це кишенькові гроші, які традиційно дають дітям на Хануку.
deDas Chanukka-Gelt ist ein Taschengeld, das man traditionell Kindern zu Chanukka schenkt.
I gelded one.
Origin
From Middle English geld (and reinforced by Medieval Latin geldum), both from Old EnglishFrom Middle English geld (and reinforced by Medieval Latin geldum), both from Old English ġeld, ġield (“payment, tribute”) (which regularly yield yield), from Proto-West Germanic *geld, from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”). Probably reinforced by gelt (which see), see Norwegian Bokmål gjeld (“debt”), Danish gæld (“debt”) (whence apparently the otherwise irregular hard g in Middle English geld and perhaps also in Medieval Latin geldum, as opposed to the regular continuation yield from Old English). Geld is also written gelt or gild, and as such found in wergild, Danegeld, etc. Doublet of yield.
From Middle English gelden, from Old Norse gelda (“to geld, castrate”), from Proto-Germanic *galdijaną (“to castrate”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to cut”).
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Forms
gelds, gelding, gelded, geldedSynonyms
1 synonyms- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses):cut
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle