| wessenthalben | wherefore |
| allenthalben | everywhere on all sides |
| Wespentaille | wasp waist |
| Wessenfall | genitive |
| Wessen-Fall | genitive case |
| Westbengalen | West Bengal |
| Westfalen | Westphalia |
| Kesselhaken | trammel |
| messingfarben | brass |
| Dessertgabel | dessert spoon |
| Wassergraben | moat |
| Felsentaube | rock dove |
| Wiesensalbei | meadow clary meadow sage |
| enthalten | contain include embody abstain |
| vorenthalten | keep withhold |
| bereithalten | hold keep available keep on hand keep ready |
| festhalten | record capture |
| Wesentliche | gist |
| Westasien | Western Asia |
| Westaustralien | Western Australia |