west

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. The direction opposite to that of the earth's rotation, specifically 270°.
2. The western region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
3. In a church: the direction of the gallery, opposite to the altar, and opposite to the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.

Adj

1. Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
2. Of wind: from the west.
3. Of or pertaining to the west; western.
4. From the West; occidental.
5. Designating, or situated in, the liturgical west, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the part containing the chancel.

Adv

Towards the west; westwards.

Verb

To move to the west; (of the sun) to set.

Konzepte

Westen

West

westlich

westwärts

abendländisch

Okzident

W West

westlicher Teil

Abendland

Europa

Europa und die USA

westliche Welt

Sonnenfinsternis

Sonnenuntergang

W

Niedergang

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/wɛst/

Etymologie (Englisch)

PIE word
*wek(ʷ)speros
From Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic *westrą.
Cognate with Scots wast, Saterland Frisian Wääste, West Frisian west, Dutch west, German West, Danish vest. Cognate also with Old French west, French ouest, Spanish oeste, Portuguese oeste, Catalan oest, Galician oeste, Italian ovest (all ultimately borrowings of the English word). Compare also Latin vesper (“evening”), with which it is possibly cognate via Proto-Indo-European.

Sätze

The village is also west of Manchester Airport .

Das Dorf befindet sich auch westlich des Flughafens Manchester.

The Shade River flows predominantly as three streams , its east , middle , and west branches .

Der Shade River fließt überwiegend als drei Bäche, seine Ost-, Mitte- und Westzweige.