westen

From west.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛs.tə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: wes‧ten
• Rhymes: -ɛstən

westen n (uncountable)

1. west

   De zon gaat onder in het westen. — The sun sets in the west.

• oost
• oosten

• (compass points)

noordwesten	noorden	noordoosten
westen		oosten
zuidwesten	zuiden	zuidoosten

• buiten westen
• westelijk
• noordwesten
• zuidwesten

• → Trió: weste

• wenste

From Old English westan, westane, from Proto-West Germanic *westanā (“westwards”), from Proto-Germanic *westanē (“westwards”). Compare west (“west”).

• westan, westene

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛstən/, /ˈwɛstən(ə)/

westen (uncountable)

1. (uncommon, Early Middle English) west (cardinal direction)

westen

1. (rare, Early Middle English) western (of the west)

• Yola: westan

westen

1. (rare, Early Middle English) westwards (from the west)

• “westen, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “westen(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “westen(e, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old English wēsten (“a desert, waste”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōstini (“a waste, wilderness”). Doublet of wastyne; compare weste (“desolate”).

• wæsten

• IPA^(key): /ˈweːstən/

westen

1. (rare, Early Middle English) wasteland, desert

• “wẹ̄sten, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From west (“west”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

• west, weste

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛstən/

westen (third-person singular simple present westeth, present participle westende, westynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wested)

1. (uncommon, astronomy) To move westwards.

• English: west

• “westen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Inherited from Old English wēstan, from Proto-West Germanic *wōstijan; equivalent to weste (“desolate”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). Compare wasten.

• weste

• IPA^(key): /ˈweːstən/

westen (third-person singular simple present westeth, present participle westynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle weste) (uncommon)

1. To devastate; to lay waste to.
2. To waste away; to weaken

• “wẹ̄sten, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

westen

1. Alternative form of wisten

From Proto-West Germanic *wōstini. Related to Old English wēste (“void, desolate”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈweːs.ten/

wēsten ?

1. wasteland, desert, wilderness
   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 1:13-14

     And hē on wēstene wæs fēowertiġ dagas and fēowertiġ nihta, and hē wæs frām Satane ġecostnod; and hē mid wilddēorum wæs; and him englas þenodon.

     And he was in the wilderness for forty days and forty nights, and was tempted by Satan; and he was with wild animals, and was served by angels.

(when neuter)

(when masculine)

(when feminine)

• Middle English: westen, wæsten

wēsten

1. desolate, waste

From English western.

westen

1. western