gilten

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a colloquial merger of various dialectal forms of gelten and the related (obsolete) gülten.

Verb

gilten (weak, third-person singular present giltet, past tense giltete, past participle gegiltet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (especially Austria, colloquial, chiefly childish) to count; to be valid
    Synonym: gelten
    Das giltet nicht! Ich war noch gar nicht fertig!That doesn’t count! I wasn’t even ready yet!

Usage notes

  • Although this verb is fully conjugable, the 3rd-person singular present giltet is by far the commonest form. It is often used as if it were a form of gelten, thus instead of standard gilt.

Conjugation