Westen

See also: westen

Dutch

Etymology

From west.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Wes‧ten

Noun

Westen n (uncountable)

1. the West

   De zon gaat onder in het westen.

   The sun sets in the west.

Antonyms

• Oosten

German

Etymology

From West.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛstən/

• Audio (Germany):

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• Audio (Austria):

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Noun

Westen m (strong, genitive Westens, no plural)

1. west
2. (only with definite article) The area of Western Germany, i.e. those territories which were never part of the GDR.

Declension

Declension of Westen [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Westen
genitive	eines	des	Westens
dative	einem	dem	Westen
accusative	einen	den	Westen

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

Nordwesten	Norden	Nordosten
Westen		Osten
Südwesten	Süden	Südosten

Related terms

• Westeuropa
• Westdeutschland
• Westhälfte
• Westwind
• westlich

Noun

Westen m

1. nominative plural of Weste
2. genitive plural of Weste
3. dative plural of Weste
4. accusative plural of Weste

Noun

Westen m

1. dative plural of West

Further reading

• “Westen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Westen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Westen” in Duden online
• Westen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Westen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvæstən/

Noun

Westen m (uncountable)

1. west

See also

• Norden
• Osten
• Süden