weiße Weste

== German == === Alternative forms === weisse Weste (Switzerland, Liechtenstein) === Etymology === Literally, “white vest”. === Pronunciation === === Noun === weiße Weste f (definite nominative die weiße Weste, genitive weißer Weste, definite genitive der weißen Weste, plural weiße Westen, definite plural die weißen Westen) (figurative) clean slate, clean record (state of innocence and good reputation) Synonyms: blütenweiße Weste, reine Weste (ball games) clean sheet (match or streak of matches with no goals conceded) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “weiße Weste”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)