im Feld bleiben

German

Alternative forms

im Felde bleiben

Etymology

Literally: “to remain in the [battle]field”, that is, not to return from it.

Verb

im Feld bleiben

for non-idiomatic use, see the individual lemmas
Der Ball ist im Feld geblieben.
The ball stayed on the pitch.
(idiomatic, military) to fall; to be killed in a war
Unsere besten Männer sind im Feld geblieben.
Our best men fell in the war.

Conjugation

See bleiben.

Synonyms

(fall): fallen

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