noord

This is the 1879th most frequent Dutch word.

noord

North.

Here 'noord' is used as a direction.

Het kompas wijst naar het noord.

The compass points to the north.

In this sentence 'noord' refers to a geographical position relative to another location.

Nederland bevindt zich ten noord van België.

The Netherlands is located to the north of Belgium.

Here 'noord' indicates the origin of the wind direction.

De koude wind uit het noord bracht sneeuw.

The cold wind from the north brought snow.