Westwerk
German, noun/ˈvɛstvɛʁk/
Westwerk is spelled W-E-S-T-W-E-R-K (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 202,985th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Westwerk is a German neuter noun meaning “westwork (structure at the west end of some churches)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein vorgeschobener, großer, mit Türmen versehener Baukörper im Westteil großer karolingischer und romanischer…”.
What does Westwerk mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterwestwork (structure at the west end of some churches)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein vorgeschobener, großer, mit Türmen versehener Baukörper im Westteil großer karolingischer und romanischer Kloster- und Bischofskirchen
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 Westwerk
- Westwerkes genitive
- Westwerks genitive
- Westwerke plural
- Westwerken dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Westwerk?
- /ˈvɛstvɛʁk/
- [ˈvɛstˌvɛʁk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Westwerk in German?
Westwerk appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).