veld

Betekenis (Engels)

The open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries.

Concepten

veld

grasland

steppe

Synoniemen

veldt

steppe

plain

grazing land

outback

pampas

prairie

range

savannah

tundra

bush country

grass land

bush

sheep run

common

desert

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Vertalingen

veld

Steppe

βοσκότοπος

steppe

estepa

veldt

veld

steppa

Veld

veld

sabana

bozkır

السهب

step

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/vɛlt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Afrikaans veld, or from its etymon Dutch veld (“field; open country”) (formerly spelled veldt), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *felþuz (“field, plain”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Doublet of field.