fjeld

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish fjeld. Doublet of fell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjɛld/
• Rhymes: -ɛld

Noun

fjeld (plural fjelds)

1. (geography) A rocky, barren plateau, especially in Scandinavia.
   • 1847, Alfred Smith, Henry Warren, “A SEATER COTTAGE ON THE FILLE FJELD”, in Sketches in Norway and Sweden, London: Thomas Maclean, via National Library of Norway, unnumbered page:

     Almost every Norwegian farmer possesses some pasture-land high up in the fjeld, sometimes as much as twenty or thirty miles distant from his homestead.

Translations

Rocky, barren plateau

• Danish: fjeld
• French: fjeld (fr) m
• Norwegian: høyfjell n
• Polish: fjeld m

Danish

Alternative forms

• fjæld (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Danish fjal, from Old Norse fjall. Current meaning borrowed from Norwegian fjell. Related to fjæl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfjɛlˀ]

Noun

fjeld n (singular definite fjeldet, plural indefinite fjelde)

1. (geography) fjeld

Declension

Declension of fjeld

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fjeld	fjeldet	fjelde	fjeldene
genitive	fjelds	fjeldets	fjeldes	fjeldenes

Derived terms

• fjeldabe
• fjeldgænger
• fjeldhytte
• fjeldmark
• fjeldrype
• fjeldræv
• fjeldside
• fjeldskred
• fjeldtop
• fjeldvandrer
• fjeldvandring
• fjeldvæg
• fjeldvåge
• fjeldørred
• fuglefjeld
• grundfjeld
• højfjeld
• isfjeld
• urfjeld

Descendants

• English: fjeld
• French: fjeld

See also

• bjerg

References

• “fjeld” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “fjeld” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish fjeld.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjɛld/

Noun

fjeld m (plural fjelds)

1. (geography) fjeld

Further reading

• “fjeld”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012