západ
[ˈzaːpat]
The verdict
“západ” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Himmelsrichtung, die zur untergehenden Sonne zeigt; Westen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zapad · západ · German
západ · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" 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 | západ |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzaːpat] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „západ“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
západ is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzaːpat]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for západ in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is západ, spelled Z-Á-P-A-D.
Definition
- 1Himmelsrichtung, die zur untergehenden Sonne zeigt; Westen
- 2langsames Entschwinden von Himmelskörpern am Horizont; Untergang
- 3Verschieben oder Einfallen eines Schlossriegels bei Drehung des Schlüssels; Schlüsselumdrehung, Tour
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how západ appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kus cesty na západ od Drslavic leží vesnice, řečená Věckovice.
Ruku v ruce pozorovali západ slunce.
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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.