Westfalen
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch westvalen.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Westfalen n
- Westphalia (a region in northwestern Germany)
Derived terms edit
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
The first component of the name is from Proto-Germanic *westrą (“west”), the second component maybe comes from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, field”), the same root as Feld.
The name Westfalai m pl was first mentioned in the Franconian Imperial Annals of 775 as the name of a subtribe of the Saxons (Saxones m pl). (Two other Saxon subtribes mentioned in the same source were Angrarii m pl and Austreleudi Saxones.)
In the 10th century, there was also the placename pagus Westfalon m (“district/region Westfalon”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Westfalen n (proper noun, genitive Westfalens or (optionally with an article) Westfalen)
- Westphalia (a region in northwestern Germany)
Meronyms edit
Derived terms edit
- Fußball-Oberliga Westfalen
- Fußball-Westfalenliga
- Herzogtum Westfalen
- Königreich Westfalen
- Königreich Westphalen
- Kraftwerk Westfalen
- Land Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Oberliga Westfalen
- Ostwestfalen
- Ostwestfalen-Lippe
- Provinz Westfalen
- SMS Westfalen
- Westfalen-Kaserne
- Westfalen-Lippe
- Westfalen-Tankstelle
- Westfalengas
- Westfalengau
- Westfalenkaserne
- Westfalenliga
- Westfalenpferd
- Westfalentankstelle
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inflected forms.
Noun edit
Westfalen m
Low German edit
Alternative forms edit
- Westfaolen (Münsterländisch)
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
- Germany: IPA(key): /vɛs(t)ˈfɔːln̩~vɛs(t)ˈfɒːln̩~vɛs(t)ˈfoːln̩/
- Netherlands: IPA(key): /ʋɛs(t)ˈfaːln̩~ʋɛs(t)ˈfɔːln̩/
Proper noun edit
Westfalen
- Westphalia (a region in northwestern Germany)