Westfront

German

Etymology

From West +‎ Front.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛstˌfʁɔnt]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: West‧front

Noun

Westfront f (genitive Westfront, plural Westfronten)

1. (military) western front (a front located to the west of the territory one controls)

   Coordinate terms: Südfront, Ostfront, Nordfront

2. (architecture) western front (of a building)

   Coordinate terms: Südfront, Ostfront, Nordfront

Declension

Declension of Westfront [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Westfront	die	Westfronten
genitive	einer	der	Westfront	der	Westfronten
dative	einer	der	Westfront	den	Westfronten
accusative	eine	die	Westfront	die	Westfronten

Proper noun

die Westfront f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Westfront)

1. (history, idiomatic) the German western front in either of both World Wars (fighting mainly against France and its allies)

Further reading

• “Westfront”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Westfront” in Duden online