See also: Westen

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Etymology

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From west.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɛs.tə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: wes‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ɛstən

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westen n (uncountable)

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

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compass points:  [edit]

noordwesten noorden noordoosten
westen   oosten
zuidwesten zuiden zuidoosten

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  • Trió: weste

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwɛstən/, /ˈwɛstən(ə)/

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westen (uncountable)

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

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westen

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

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westen

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

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Etymology 2

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

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westen

  1. (rare, Early Middle English) wasteland, desert
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Etymology 3

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

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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.
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Conjugation of westen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) westen, weste
present tense past tense
1st-person singular weste wested
2nd-person singular westest westedest
3rd-person singular westeth wested
subjunctive singular weste
imperative singular
plural1 westen, weste westeden, westede
imperative plural westeth, weste
participles westynge, westende wested

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

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Etymology 4

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

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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
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Etymology 5

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Verb

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westen

  1. Alternative form of wisten

Old English

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Etymology

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

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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.

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(when neuter) Strong a-stem:

(when masculine) Strong a-stem:

(when feminine) Strong ō-stem:

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wēsten

  1. desolate, waste

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Etymology

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From English western.

Adjective

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westen

  1. western