Feld
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German velt, from Old High German feld, from Proto-West Germanic *felþu, from Proto-Germanic *felþą, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-. Cognates include Dutch veld and English field.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Feld n (strong, genitive Feldes or Felds, plural Felder, diminutive Feldchen n)
- field (plot of open land, especially one used to grow crops)
- area where action, often competitional, takes place
- (military) field, battlefield
- Synonym: Schlachtfeld
- ins Feld schicken ― to send (a person) into the field
- 1918, Leonhard Frank, Der Mensch ist gut [Man is Good][1], Zürich: Max Rascher:
- Das Feld der Ehre war nicht sichtbar, nicht vorstellbar, war Robert nicht begreifbar. Das war kein Feld, kein Acker, war keine Fläche, war nicht Nebel und nicht Luft. Es war das absolute Nichts.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (sports) field, playing field
- Synonym: Spielfeld
- (figurative) field, practical observation
- Feldstudie ― field study
- (military) field, battlefield
- field, a domain of work, knowledge, study
- a defined area where something is put in, where information is supplied
Declension edit
Declension of Feld [neuter, strong]
Hyponyms edit
- Ährenfeld
- Arbeitsfeld
- Baumwollfeld
- Bedienfeld
- Blumenfeld
- Bohnenfeld
- Datenfeld
- Dornenfeld
- Dünenfeld
- Eisfeld
- Erbsenfeld
- Erdbeerfeld
- Erdölfeld
- Erprobungsfeld
- Fußballfeld
- Gasfeld
- Gemüsefeld
- Gerstenfeld
- Getreidefeld
- Gräberfeld
- Grasfeld
- Haferfeld
- Hopfenfeld
- im Feld bleiben
- Kampffeld
- Kochfeld
- Kohlfeld
- Kontrollfeld
- Kornfeld
- Kraftfeld
- Leuchtfeld
- Lichtfeld
- Maisfeld
- Melonenfeld
- Mittelfeld
- Nachfeld
- Ölfeld
- Planfeld
- Rasenfeld
- Reisfeld
- Roggenfeld
- Rosenfeld
- Rübenfeld
- Schachfeld
- Sichtfeld
- Spannungsfeld
- Spielfeld
- Tabakfeld
- Testfeld
- Textfeld
- Tomatenfeld
- Trennfeld
- Übungsfeld
- Umfeld
- Vorfeld
- Wappenfeld
- Weizenfeld
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Feld”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- “Feld” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Feld” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Feld” in Duden online
- Feld on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Feld” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German vëlt, from Old High German feld, from Proto-West Germanic *felþu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Feld n (plural Felder)
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German vëlt, from Old High German feld, from Proto-West Germanic *felþu. Compare German Feld, Dutch veld, English field.
Noun edit
Feld n (plural Felder)