Westfalen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch westvalen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʋɛstˈfaː.lə(n)/
• Hyphenation: West‧fa‧len
• Rhymes: -aːlən

Proper noun

Westfalen n

1. Westphalia (a region in northwestern Germany)

Derived terms

• Westfaals
• Westfaler

German

Alternative forms

• Westphalen

Etymology 1

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

• IPA^(key): /vɛstˈfaːlən/

Proper noun

Westfalen n (proper noun, genitive Westfalens or (optionally with an article) Westfalen)

1. Westphalia (a region in northwestern Germany)

Meronyms

• Münsterland
• Paderborn
• Sauerland

Derived terms

• 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

• Ostfale
• Ostfalen
• Ostfalengau
• ostfälisch
• Ostfälisch
• Westfal
• Westfale
• westfälisch
• Westfälisch
• Westfalium
• Westfall
• Westpfahl
• Westphal
• Westphalium

 

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Noun

Westfalen m

1. inflection of Westfale:
   1. accusative/genitive/dative singular
   2. plural

Low German

Alternative forms

• Westfaolen (Münsterländisch)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Germany: IPA^(key): /vɛs(t)ˈfɔːln̩~vɛs(t)ˈfɒːln̩~vɛs(t)ˈfoːln̩/
• Netherlands: IPA^(key): /ʋɛs(t)ˈfaːln̩~ʋɛs(t)ˈfɔːln̩/

Proper noun

Westfalen

1. Westphalia (a region in northwestern Germany)

Derived terms

• westfäälsch