Word: veldskoens
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: veld
skoens
Definition: Plural of veldskoen. Originally, a shoe with untanned leather upper sewn without nails, similar to the Canadian moccasin; now generally a heavy boot for outdoor labour.
Morphemes:
Affix: veldskoen
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Originally, a shoe with untanned leather upper sewn without nails, similar to the Canadian moccasin; now generally a heavy boot for outdoor labour.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: vel
Language: nl
Decoded: vel
Meaning: skin, hide
Affix: schoen
Language: nl
Decoded: schoen
Meaning: shoe
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.