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westen

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From west.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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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Coordinate terms

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noordwesten noorden noordoosten
westen oosten
zuidwesten zuiden zuidoosten

Derived terms

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Descendants

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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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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwɛstən/, /ˈwɛstən(ə)/

Noun

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westen (uncountable)

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

Adjective

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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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Noun

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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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Verb

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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.
Conjugation
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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 westeaccel-form=1//3|s|past|ind) (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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Noun

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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.
    • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
      Sē Antonius ġesēah þǣs Paules sāwle swā hwīte swā snāw stīgan tō heofonum betweoh engla þrēatas; ond tweġen lēon ādulfan his byrġenne on þǣs wēstenes sande; þǣr resteð Paules līchoma mid yfellīċe dūste bewrigen, ac on dōmes dæġe hē ariseð on wuldor.
      Antonius saw Paul's soul, as white as snow, ascend to heaven among throngs of angels; and two lions dug his tomb in the sand of the desert. There lies Paul's body, covered by filthy dust, but on Judgement Day he will arise in glory.

Declension

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(when neuter) Strong a-stem:

(when masculine) Strong a-stem:

(when feminine) Strong ō-stem:

Descendants

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Adjective

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wēsten

  1. desolate, waste

Declension

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English western.

Adjective

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westen

  1. western