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Feld

See also: -feld and feld

German

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Etymology

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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]

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Noun

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Feld n (strong, genitive Feldes or Felds, plural Felder, diminutive Feldchen n)

  1. field (plot of open land, especially one used to grow crops)
  2. area where action, often competitional, takes place
    1. (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)
    2. (sports) field, playing field
      Synonym: Spielfeld
    3. (figurative) field, practical observation
      Feldstudie ― field study
  3. field, a domain of work, knowledge, study
  4. a defined area where something is put in, where information is supplied
    1. (heraldry) field, background
    2. (computing) array
    3. (chess) square
    4. (crossword puzzle etc.) square
      Synonym: Kästchen

Declension

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Declension of Feld [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Feld die Felder
genitive eines des Feldes, Felds der Felder
dative einem dem Feld, Felde1 den Feldern
accusative ein das Feld die Felder

1Now rare, see notes.

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References

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  1. ^ 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

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German vëlt, from Old High German feld, from Proto-West Germanic *felþu.

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Noun

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Feld n (plural Felder)

  1. field

Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German vëlt, from Old High German feld, from Proto-West Germanic *felþu. Compare German Feld, Dutch veld, English field.

Noun

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Feld n (plural Felder)

  1. field
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