der West

A1 Noun frequency rank #1,401

What West means

Noun

the west (used without article; a short form of Westen)
a wind coming from the west (used with article)

Forms

der West · no common plural

Pronunciation

West in a sentence

Das Balkangebirge erstreckt sich von West nach Ost durch Bulgarien.

The Balkan Mountain range runs across Bulgaria from west to east.

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West is A1 German — one of the first words a beginner meets, ranked #1,401 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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