West-Berlin

German

Alternative forms

• Westberlin, Berlin (West)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛstbɛʁˌliːn/

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Proper noun

West-Berlin n (proper noun, genitive West-Berlins or (optionally with an article) West-Berlin)

1. (historical) West Berlin (the American, British and French sectors of Berlin between 1949 and 1990)

Usage notes

• Westberlin means "western parts of Berlin" at any period, Westberlin or Berlin (West) has the historical and political meaning.
• The spelling Westberlin with no hyphen was particularly common in East German usage, where East Berlin was generally called simply Berlin or by a description such as Berlin, Hauptstadt der DDR (literally “Berlin, capital of the GDR”). Berlin (West), on the other hand, was primarily used in West Germany.

Declension

Declension of West-Berlin [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	West-Berlin
genitive	eines	des	West-Berlins
dative	einem	dem	West-Berlin
accusative	ein	das	West-Berlin

See also

• Westberlin

Further reading

• West-Berlin on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de