Gülte

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German gülte (debt, financial duty, fee, payment, price, interest), from Old High German *gulta, from Proto-West Germanic *guldijā, derived from the verb at hand in gelten. Cognate with Middle Dutch gulde, Middle Low German gülde.

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Noun

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Gülte f (genitive Gülte, plural Gülten) (finance)

  1. (Switzerland) a certain type of mortgage note
  2. (archaic) real estate interest paid in money or produce
  3. (historical) tax or interest paid by a farmer to a landowner in the system of manorialism

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