De or het zuidwesten?
het zuidwesten
southwest (compass point)
/ˌzœy̯tˈʋɛs.tə(n)/
Article and plural
- Singular
- het zuidwesten
Why het?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het zuidwesten 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 zuidwesten |
| that, those | dat zuidwesten |
| which (the … that) | het zuidwesten dat … |
| our | ons zuidwesten |
Meaning in English
- southwest (compass point)
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