Feld

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]

• IPA^(key): /fɛlt/

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• Homophone: fällt
• Rhymes: -ɛlt

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]‎, 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.

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   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

• “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.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfælt/

Feld n (plural Felder)

1. field

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

Feld n (plural Felder)

1. field