West-Berlin
German
Alternative forms
- Westberlin, Berlin (West)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛstbɛʁˌliːn/
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Proper noun
West-Berlin n (proper noun, genitive West-Berlins or (optionally with an article) West-Berlin)
- (historical) West Berlin (the American, British and French sectors of Berlin between 1949 and 1990)
Usage notes
- Westberlin means "western parts of Berlin" at any period, Westberlin or Berlin (West) has the historical and political meaning.
- The spelling Westberlin with no hyphen was particularly common in East German usage, where East Berlin was generally called simply Berlin or by a description such as Berlin, Hauptstadt der DDR (literally “Berlin, capital of the GDR”). Berlin (West), on the other hand, was primarily used in West Germany.
Declension
Declension of West-Berlin [sg-only, neuter, strong]
| singular | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | West-Berlin |
| genitive | eines | des | West-Berlins |
| dative | einem | dem | West-Berlin |
| accusative | ein | das | West-Berlin |
See also
- Westberlin
Further reading
West-Berlin on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de