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  • past tense form of geld.
  • past participle of geld.
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gelt

[gelt] / gɛlt /


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They open the traditional gifts: one night, matching pajamas from grandparents; another night, books from an aunt and uncle; another night, chocolate gelt.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 11, 2025

For example, she ordered Hanukkah gelt – chocolate coins wrapped in foil — from three vendors and got two out of three.

From Seattle Times Dec. 22, 2021

“I’ve tried making jelly doughnuts and they end up being really sad,” she says, but store-bought versions do tend to make an appearance, along with latkes and gelt.

From New York Times Dec. 1, 2021

Other traditions that have become ubiquitous with the Festival of Lights include gift exchanges, dreidel games, chocolate coins and gelt, potato latkes and other fried foods.

From Fox News Nov. 28, 2021

They saw us, and one guy beckoned for me to gelt up.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers




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