westen

From west.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛs.tə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: wes‧ten
• Rhymes: -ɛstən

westen n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. west

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

• oost
• oosten

compass points:  ^[edit]

• 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

• wēstenn, wǣsten, wēstin, wēstinn
• wēstern, wœ̄sten, woestenn, woestern — Anglian

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈweːs.ten/

wēsten m or f or n

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.

   • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology

     Sē Antonius ġesēah þǣs Paules sāwle swā hwīte swā snāw stīgan tō heofonum betweoh engla þrēatas; ond tweġen lēon ādulfan his byrġenne on þǣs wēstenes sande; þǣr resteð Paules līchoma mid yfellīċe dūste bewrigen, ac on dōmes dæġe hē ariseð on wuldor.

     Antonius saw Paul's soul, as white as snow, ascend to heaven among throngs of angels; and two lions dug his tomb in the sand of the desert. There lies Paul's body, covered by filthy dust, but on Judgement Day he will arise in glory.

masculine

Strong-a-stem

feminine

Strong ō-stem:

neuter

Strong a-stem:

• wēstengryre
• wēstensetla
• wēstenstaþol
• wuduwēsten

• Middle English: westen, wæsten

wēsten

1. desolate, waste

From English western.

westen

1. western