Noun
der Westen
Pronunciation: /ˈvɛstən/
west
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Meanings
Noun
- west
- The area of Western Germany, i.e. those territories which were never part of the GDR
Example sentence
Wir sind 100 Meilen nach Westen gefahren.
We drove a hundred miles west.
Word forms
singular
der Westen
No common plural.
The four cases
Singular
Nominativeder Westen
Accusativeden Westen
Dativedem Westen
Genitivedes Westens
Westen has no common plural.
Usage
- im Westen / nach Westen — Im gives a location; nach names a direction.
- der Westen — The compass-point noun is capitalized.
Die Sonne verschwindet hinter den Hügeln im Westen.
The sun disappears behind the hills in the west.