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Vorfeld, Mittelfeld and Nachfeld look more like German.
by snowpid 2y ago
Vorfeld, Mittelfeld and Nachfeld look more like German.
- microtonal 2y agoYes, these are German words. Much of the early topological field literature was by German linguists, so it's common to use the German words.
- lucb1e 2y agoPoint stands though. Voorveld, middenveld, achterveld works in Dutch. Don't know what these German words technically mean and so they might have a different translation, but you can / it is common to make this type of compound.
- snowpid 2y agoAchterveld works in some German dialects !
- lucb1e 2y agoAccording to <https://www.dict.cc/?s=achter https://www.dict.cc/?s=achter>, not only is it northern german, but also "sailor language"! :D English is similar, having "aft" for sailors to say "rear". I know boat people have specialized terms but never thought of it as sailor speak but rather like any other jargon. For some odd reason, the dictcc page also mentions the random fun fact that "achter" is Afrikaans, ignoring where Afrikaans got it from (or rather, who forced it upon them)