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

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