Westfalen

Etymology
From.

Proper noun

 * 1) Westphalia (a region in northwestern Germany)

Etymology 1
The first component of the name is from, the second component maybe comes from , the same root as.

The name was first mentioned in the Franconian Imperial Annals of 775 as the name of a subtribe of the Saxons. (Two other Saxon subtribes mentioned in the same source were and .)

In the 10th century, there was also the placename.

Etymology 2
Inflected forms.

Pronunciation

 * Germany:
 * Netherlands: