Western
German, noun[ˈvɛstɐn]
Western is spelled W-E-S-T-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written German, the 10,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Western is a German masculine noun meaning “western” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Filmgenre, dessen Handlung sich im Wilden Westen abspielt”.
What does Western mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewestern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Filmgenre, dessen Handlung sich im Wilden Westen abspielt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Western
- Westerns genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Western?
- [ˈvɛstɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Western
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Western in German?
Western appears 6.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).