westen

From Middle English westen, from Old English wēsten (“a desert, waste”), from Proto-Germanic *wōstinjō (“a waste, wilderness”), from Proto-Indo-European *wāsto- (“empty, wasted”). Cognate with West Frisian woastyn (“desert”), Saterland Frisian wustenej (“desert”), Dutch woestijn (“desert”), French gâtine (“wasteland, moor”) (from Germanic), Middle High German wuostinne (“desert, wilderness”) (German Wüste (“desert”)). More at westy, waste.

westen (plural westens)

1. (obsolete) A waste, wasteland; desert.

• Wentes, newest, newset, tweens

From west.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛs.tə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: wes‧ten
• Rhymes: -ɛstən

westen n (uncountable)

1. west

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

• oost
• oosten

• buiten westen
• westelijk
• noordwesten
• zuidwesten

• wenste

• ƿēsten

From Proto-Germanic *wōstin-. Related to Old English wēste (“void, desolate”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈweːsten/

wēsten ?

1. wasteland, desert, wilderness

(when neuter)

(when masculine)

(when feminine)

wēsten

1. desolate, waste

• Middle English: westen
  • English: westen

From English western.

westen

1. western