West-Berlin

== German == === Alternative forms === Westberlin, Berlin (West) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɛst.bɛʁˌliːn/, /ˌvɛst.bɛʁˈliːn/ === Proper noun === West-Berlin n (proper noun, genitive West-Berlins or (optionally with an article) West-Berlin) West Berlin (the American, British and French sectors of Berlin between 1949 and 1990; the respective areas as part of reunified Berlin) Coordinate term: Ost-Berlin ==== Usage notes ==== The spelling Westberlin with no hyphen was particularly common in East German usage, where East Berlin was simply called Berlin or, as its full title: Berlin, Hauptstadt der DDR (“Berlin, capital of the GDR”). Berlin (West), on the other hand, was chiefly used in West Germany, corresponding to Berlin (Ost) for East Berlin. ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === West-Berlin on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de