westwärts
German, adverb/ˈvɛstvɛʁts/
westwärts is spelled W-E-S-T-W-Ä-R-T-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,845th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Westwärts is a German adverb meaning “westward, westwards (towards the west)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in westliche Richtung, nach Westen hin”.
What does westwärts mean in English?
adverb
- 1
westward, westwards (towards the west)
Wir segelten westwärts Richtung Neue Welt.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. in westliche Richtung, nach Westen hin
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce westwärts?
- /ˈvɛstvɛʁts/
- [ˈvɛstvɛʁt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to westwärts
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is westwärts in German?
westwärts appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).