South African English uses bush in this sense as well. I anssume it’s via the Afrikaans “bosveld”. In fact English speakers will often retain the “veld”, using

South African English uses bush in this sense as well. I anssume it’s via the Afrikaans “bosveld”. In fact English speakers will often retain the “veld”, using the term bushveld. (Nobody says bushfield). It has a specific meaning [0], but is also used generally to mean the wilderness. I’m not sure if it has a meaning in Dutch other than as “forest field”. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushveld https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushveld