English

Alternative forms

• veldt

Noun

veld ‎(plural velds)

1. The open pasture land or grassland of South Africa and neighboring countries.
   • 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”, in 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.

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlt

Etymology

From Middle Dutch velt ‎(“field”), 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

veld n ‎(plural velden, diminutive veldje n)

1. field

Derived terms

References

1. ↑ veld; in: J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)