"Väster om huvudstaden"

Translation: West of the capital

[sufyazi]

When should I use 'av' instead of 'om'? I can never get my head around the versatility of the word 'om' in Swedish.

[ThomasFAustria]

I understand that like this: av means "is part of" whereas of means "out of". In German you can help with av=von and om=um

[DzmitryElVikingo]

I know right? And then there's 'på' :D

[Mike405555]

when in doubt, I just use pa

[person222222]

Does this sentence imply that something is west of the capital, as in not on the western side within the borders, but outside of the western boundaries?

[Arnauti]

Yes, it's definitely outside the capital. If it's in the capital, it's i västra delen av huvudstaden or something like that.

[Sarah-Cheung]

Makes perfect sense! Thank you!

[Dkenneth]

What is the difference between väster and väst?

[Zmrzlina]

They're more or less interchangeable.

[skrats]

What about västra?

[Merlin_Szymanski]

is huvud in swedish like the german Haupt? huvudstaden - Die Hauptstadt?

[Zmrzlina]

Yes.

[JoaoDSouza]

I feel that headcity makes it clearer to me.

[JavadMousa3]

Huvud exactly means the important part specially when it is laying on top section

[sgnail]

Hej, kan någon använder det i en mening? Tack!

[devalanteriel]

"Väster om huvudstaden ligger en stor sjö"

"West of the capital, there is a large lake"

(or similar constructs like "There's a large lake to the west of the capital")

[Seeheer]

I put the west of the capital, and below it states that väst and väster are interchangable. Why have i been marked wrong ?

[Krile1]

So, to clarify: this is not "west side of", but "to the west side of"?