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De or het noordoosten?

het noordoosten

northeast (compass point)

Article and plural

Singular
het noordoosten

Why het?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het noordoosten 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 noordoosten
that, thosedat noordoosten
which (the … that)het noordoosten dat …
ourons noordoosten

Meaning in English

  1. northeast (compass point)

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