"Westen" meaning in German

See Westen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈvɛstən/ Audio: De-Westen.ogg , De-at-Westen.ogg Forms: Westens [genitive], masculine strong [table-tags], Westen [nominative, singular], Westens [genitive, singular], Westen [dative, singular], Westen [accusative, singular]
Etymology: From West. Head templates: {{de-noun|m.sg}} Westen m (strong, genitive Westens, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m.sg}}
  1. west Tags: masculine, no-plural, strong
    Sense id: en-Westen-de-noun-dqeWIItx
  2. (only with definite article) The area of Western Germany, i.e. those territories which were never part of the GDR. Tags: masculine, no-plural, strong, with-definite-article
    Sense id: en-Westen-de-noun-2DW-QsRT Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Compass points Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 3 49 9 10 9 9 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 51 5 5 5 5 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 63 4 4 4 4 18 Disambiguation of Compass points: 22 38 3 4 3 3 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Westeuropa, Westdeutschland, Westhälfte, Westwind, westlich

Noun

IPA: /ˈvɛstən/ Audio: De-Westen.ogg , De-at-Westen.ogg
Etymology: From West. Head templates: {{head|de|noun form|g=m}} Westen m
  1. nominative plural of Weste Tags: form-of, masculine, nominative, plural Form of: Weste
    Sense id: en-Westen-de-noun-yC5uBFJ5
  2. genitive plural of Weste Tags: form-of, genitive, masculine, plural Form of: Weste
    Sense id: en-Westen-de-noun-BCjFO3Bt
  3. dative plural of Weste Tags: dative, form-of, masculine, plural Form of: Weste
    Sense id: en-Westen-de-noun-6ZQszlWE
  4. accusative plural of Weste Tags: accusative, form-of, masculine, plural Form of: Weste
    Sense id: en-Westen-de-noun-y1pXsGhB

Noun

IPA: /ˈvɛstən/ Audio: De-Westen.ogg , De-at-Westen.ogg
Etymology: From West. Head templates: {{head|de|noun form|g=m}} Westen m
  1. dative plural of West Tags: dative, form-of, masculine, plural Form of: West
    Sense id: en-Westen-de-noun-Qdkg9TSl Categories (other): West Germany Disambiguation of West Germany: 25 31 0 0 0 0 43

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From West.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Westens",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Westen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Westens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Westen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Westen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m.sg"
      },
      "expansion": "Westen m (strong, genitive Westens, no plural)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m.sg"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Westeuropa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Westdeutschland"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Westhälfte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Westwind"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "westlich"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "west"
      ],
      "id": "en-Westen-de-noun-dqeWIItx",
      "links": [
        [
          "west",
          "west"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "no-plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 49 9 10 9 9 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 51 5 5 5 5 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 63 4 4 4 4 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 38 3 4 3 3 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Compass points",
          "orig": "de:Compass points",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The area of Western Germany, i.e. those territories which were never part of the GDR."
      ],
      "id": "en-Westen-de-noun-2DW-QsRT",
      "links": [
        [
          "GDR",
          "GDR"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(only with definite article) The area of Western Germany, i.e. those territories which were never part of the GDR."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "no-plural",
        "strong",
        "with-definite-article"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈvɛstən/"
    },
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    }
  ],
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}

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  "etymology_text": "From West.",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "Weste"
        }
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        "nominative plural of Weste"
      ],
      "id": "en-Westen-de-noun-yC5uBFJ5",
      "links": [
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          "Weste#German"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
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          "word": "Weste"
        }
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      "id": "en-Westen-de-noun-BCjFO3Bt",
      "links": [
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        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "Weste"
        }
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      ],
      "id": "en-Westen-de-noun-6ZQszlWE",
      "links": [
        [
          "Weste",
          "Weste#German"
        ]
      ],
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        "dative",
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "word": "Weste"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "accusative plural of Weste"
      ],
      "id": "en-Westen-de-noun-y1pXsGhB",
      "links": [
        [
          "Weste",
          "Weste#German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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    },
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    }
  ],
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}

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  "etymology_text": "From West.",
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    {
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        "1": "de",
        "2": "noun form",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Westen m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 31 0 0 0 0 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "West Germany",
          "orig": "de:West Germany",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "West"
        }
      ],
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        "dative plural of West"
      ],
      "id": "en-Westen-de-noun-Qdkg9TSl",
      "links": [
        [
          "West",
          "West#German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈvɛstən/"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/95/De-Westen.ogg/De-Westen.ogg.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Westen"
}
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    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German non-lemma forms",
    "German noun forms",
    "German nouns",
    "German uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "de:Compass points",
    "de:West Germany"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From West.",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Westen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Westens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Westen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Westen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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        "1": "m.sg"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Westeuropa"
    },
    {
      "word": "Westdeutschland"
    },
    {
      "word": "Westhälfte"
    },
    {
      "word": "Westwind"
    },
    {
      "word": "westlich"
    }
  ],
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        "west"
      ],
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        [
          "west",
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        ]
      ],
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        "no-plural",
        "strong"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
          "GDR",
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      ],
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        "(only with definite article) The area of Western Germany, i.e. those territories which were never part of the GDR."
      ],
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        "masculine",
        "no-plural",
        "strong",
        "with-definite-article"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈvɛstən/"
    },
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}

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        }
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      ],
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        [
          "Weste",
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    },
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        {
          "word": "Weste"
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      ],
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          "Weste",
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        ]
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        "dative",
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        {
          "word": "Weste"
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      ],
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          "Weste",
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        ]
      ],
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        "accusative",
        "form-of",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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  ],
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}

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}

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