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De or het noorden?

het noorden

north

/ˈnoːr.də(n)/

Article and plural

Singular
het noorden

Why het?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het noorden is learned together with the word.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

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What het changes

Singular
this, thesedit noorden
that, thosedat noorden
which (the … that)het noorden dat …
ourons noorden

Meaning in English

  1. north

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