westen
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From west.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
westen n (uncountable)
- west
- De zon gaat onder in het westen. — The sun sets in the west.
Antonyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
- (compass points)
noordwesten | noorden | noordoosten |
westen | oosten | |
zuidwesten | zuiden | zuidoosten |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Trió: weste
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English westan, westane, from Proto-West Germanic *westanā (“westwards”), from Proto-Germanic *westanē (“westwards”). Compare west (“west”).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
westen (uncountable)
Adjective edit
westen
- (rare, Early Middle English) western (of the west)
Descendants edit
- Yola: westan
Adverb edit
westen
- (rare, Early Middle English) westwards (from the west)
References edit
- “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.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English wēsten (“a desert, waste”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōstini (“a waste, wilderness”). Doublet of wastyne; compare weste (“desolate”).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
westen
References edit
- “wẹ̄sten, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3 edit
From west (“west”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
westen (third-person singular simple present westeth, present participle westende, westynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wested)
Conjugation edit
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
- English: west
References edit
- “westen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 4 edit
Inherited from Old English wēstan, from Proto-West Germanic *wōstijan; equivalent to weste (“desolate”) + -en (infinitival suffix). Compare wasten.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
westen (third-person singular simple present westeth, present participle westynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle weste) (uncommon)
- To devastate; to lay waste to.
- To waste away; to weaken
Conjugation edit
infinitive | (to) westen, weste | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | weste | weste | |
2nd-person singular | westest | westest | |
3rd-person singular | westeth | weste | |
subjunctive singular | weste | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | westen, weste | westen, weste | |
imperative plural | westeth, weste | — | |
participles | westynge, westende | west |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References edit
- “wẹ̄sten, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 5 edit
Verb edit
westen
- Alternative form of wisten
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *wōstini. Related to Old English wēste (“void, desolate”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
wēsten ?
Declension edit
(when neuter)
(when masculine)
(when feminine)
Descendants edit
Adjective edit
wēsten
Declension edit
Tok Pisin edit
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Adjective edit
westen