No. 1,879 in Dutch
noord
North.
In a sentence
Het kompas wijst naar het noord.
The compass points to the north.
Here 'noord' is used as a direction.
Nederland bevindt zich ten noord van België.
The Netherlands is located to the north of Belgium.
In this sentence 'noord' refers to a geographical position relative to another location.
De koude wind uit het noord bracht sneeuw.
The cold wind from the north brought snow.
Here 'noord' indicates the origin of the wind direction.
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