Westfalen

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch westvalen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌʋɛstˈfaː.lə(n)/ Hyphenation: West‧fa‧len Rhymes: -aːlən === Proper noun === Westfalen n Westphalia (a region in northwestern Germany) ==== Derived terms ==== Westfaals Westfaler == German == === Alternative forms === Westphalen === Etymology 1 === The first component of the name is from Proto-Germanic *westrą (“west”); the second component is less clear but maybe comes from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, field”), the same root as Feld. The name Westfalai m pl was first mentioned in the Franconian Imperial Annals of 775 as the name of a subtribe of the Saxons (Saxones m pl). (Two other Saxon subtribes mentioned in the same source were Angrarii m pl and Austreleudi Saxones.) In the 10th century, there was also the placename pagus Westfalon m (“district/region Westfalon”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /vɛstˈfaːlən/ ==== Proper noun ==== Westfalen n (proper noun, genitive Westfalens or (optionally with an article) Westfalen) Westphalia (a region in northwestern Germany) ===== Meronyms ===== Münsterland Paderborn Sauerland ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Inflected forms. ==== Noun ==== Westfalen m inflection of Westfale: accusative/genitive/dative singular plural == Low German == === Alternative forms === Westfaolen (Münsterland) === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === Germany: IPA(key): /vɛs(t)ˈfɔːln̩~vɛs(t)ˈfɒːln̩~vɛs(t)ˈfoːln̩/ Netherlands: IPA(key): /ʋɛs(t)ˈfaːln̩~ʋɛs(t)ˈfɔːln̩/ === Proper noun === Westfalen Westphalia (a region in northwestern Germany) ==== Derived terms ==== westfäälsch