veld
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English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
From obsolete Dutch veldt (“field”) (now veld), from Proto-Germanic *fulþuz, *felþą. Doublette with English field.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
veld (plural velds)
- The open pasture land or grassland of South Africa.
- 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 79:
- Pale yellow and greyish brown, the bare veld of late summer lay flat and listless under the drab sky.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 11:
- From an early age, I spent most of my free time in the veld playing and fighting with the other boys of the village.
- 2007 January 14, Caroline Elkins, “A Life Exposed”:
- For Holmes, Baartman’s journey as an object of European curiosity and African exploitation began on the veld of South Africa’s Eastern Cape.
- 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 79:
Translations [edit]
pasture land
Dutch [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle Dutch velt, from Old Dutch feld, felt, from Proto-Germanic *felþą, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-. Cognates include West Frisian fjild, English field and German Feld.[1]
Noun [edit]
veld n (plural velden, diminutive veldje)
Derived terms [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ veld; in: J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)
