# westen
## Dutch
### Etymology

From west.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

westen n (uncountable)
* west
    De zon gaat onder in het westen. — The sun sets in the west.

#### Antonyms

* oost
* oosten

#### Coordinate terms

compass points:
| noordwesten | noorden | noordoosten |
| westen | | oosten |
| zuidwesten | zuiden | zuidoosten |

#### Derived terms

* buiten westen
* westelijk
* noordwesten
* zuidwesten

#### Descendants

* → Trió: weste

### Anagrams

* wenste

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* westan, westene

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwɛstən/, /ˈwɛstən(ə)/

#### Noun

westen (uncountable)
* (uncommon, Early Middle English) west (cardinal direction)

#### Adjective

westen
* (rare, Early Middle English) western (of the west)

##### Descendants

* Yola: westan

#### Adverb

westen
* (rare, Early Middle English) westwards (from the west)

#### References

* “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

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

#### Alternative forms

* wæsten

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈweːstən/

#### Noun

westen
* (rare, Early Middle English) wasteland, desert

##### References

* “wẹ̄sten, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 3

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

#### Alternative forms

* west, weste

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwɛstən/

#### Verb

westen (third-person singular simple present westeth, present participle westende, westynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wested)
* (uncommon, astronomy) To move westwards.

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) westen, weste | (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 | wested |
| imperative singular | weste | — |
| plural$^1$ | westen, weste | westeden, westede |
| imperative plural | westeth, weste | — |
| participles | westynge, westende | wested |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Descendants

* English: west

##### References

* “westen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 4

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

#### Alternative forms

* weste

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈweːstən/

#### Verb

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

| infinitive | (to) westen, weste | (to) westen, weste |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | weste | weste |
| 2nd-person singular | westest | westest |
| 3rd-person singular | westeth | weste |
| subjunctive singular | weste | weste |
| imperative singular | weste | — |
| plural$^1$ | westen, weste | westen, weste |
| imperative plural | westeth, weste | — |
| participles | westynge, westende | west |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### References

* “wẹ̄sten, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 5
#### Verb

westen
* Alternative form of wisten

## Old English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈweːs.ten/

### Noun

wēsten ?
* 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.

#### Declension

(when neuter) Strong a-stem:
(when masculine) Strong a-stem:
(when feminine) Strong ō-stem:

#### Descendants

* Middle English: westen, wæsten

### Adjective

wēsten
* desolate, waste

#### Declension
## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English western.

### Adjective

westen
* western