Westzone
[ˈvɛstˌt͡soːnə]
The verdict
“Westzone” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Besatzungszone einer der drei westlichen Besatzungsmächte
Corpus desk
Index DE-westzone · Westzone · German
Westzone · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Westzone |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛstˌt͡soːnə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Westzone“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Westzone is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɛstˌt͡soːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Westzone doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Westzone, spelled W-E-S-T-Z-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Besatzungszone einer der drei westlichen Besatzungsmächte
- 2speziell die französische Besatzungszone
- 3westlicher Teilbereich (zum Beispiel eines Landes, einer Insel)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Westzone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Statistischer Trost verfing nicht: dass ja die Reparationen aus den Westzonen nur fünf Prozent der gesamten Industriekapazität ausmachten.“
„Nach der am 21.6.1948 in den drei Westzonen durchgeführten Währungsreform, die zu einem Bruch zwischen der sowjetischen Militäradministration und den übrigen Alliierten führte, setzte die SMA für den 24.6.1948 eine eigene Währungsreform fest, die sowohl die SBZ als auch das gesamte Gebiet von Groß-Berlin einschloss.“
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.