veld
/vɛlt/noun
veld is a noun meaning “The open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-E-L-D, and it appears about once in every 5 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of veld is velds.
What does veld mean?
noun
- 1
The open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce veld?
- UK /vɛlt/
- UK /fɛlt/
- UK /vɛld/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-veld.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of veld
- velds plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is veld?
Veld appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Veld in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | veld |
| German | Veld |
| Portuguese | veld |
| Spanish | veld |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does veld come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).