De or het oosten?
het oosten
east (cardinal direction)
/ˈoːs.tə(n)/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het oosten
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het oosten is learned together with the word.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What het changes
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| this, these | dit oosten |
| that, those | dat oosten |
| which (the … that) | het oosten dat … |
| our | ons oosten |
Meaning in English
- east (cardinal direction)
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