Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

ett guld

gold/ɡɵld/

Meaning

gold

In Swedish: en dyrbar gul metall

Forms

Forms of guld
Singular, indefiniteett guld
Singular, definiteguldet
Plural, indefiniteguld
Plural, definitegulden

guld is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort guld, det stora guldet. Check another noun

Practise guld

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Is it en guld or ett guld?

guld in a sentence

  • Guld och klor förenas direkt till guldklorid, AuCl₃
    Gold and chlorine immediately form auric chloride, AuCl₃
  • Guldet når nya rekordnivåer för tredje dagen i rad
    (The price of) gold reaches new record levels for the third day in a row
  • Allt är inte guld som glimmar
    All that glitters is not gold
  • Morgonstund har guld i mund
    Morning hour has gold in its mouth (The early bird catches the worm)
  • Tala är silver, tiga är guld
    Speech is silver, silence is golden
  • De enda svenska gulden svarade kanotisterna för
    The only Swedish gold medals were those won by the canoeists

Expressions

  • god som guld
    good as gold
  • lova guld och gröna skogar
    promise (sby) the moon and the stars

Words built with guld

  • guldmynt gold coin
  • guldmedalj gold medal
  • guldsmed goldsmith

Questions

What does guld mean in English?

guld means “gold”.

Is it en guld or ett guld?

It is ett guld, and “the gold” is guldet.

What is the plural of guld?

guld doesn't change in the plural: ett guld, två guld (definite: gulden).

Origin

From Old Swedish guldh (gwldh), gold, gol, gul, gull, from Old Norse gull, *gulð, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”).

Nearby common words

guld is number 1,274 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary