het noorderlicht
northern lights
noun · /ˈnoːr.dərˌlɪxt/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het noorderlicht?
Forms
- Article
- het noorderlicht
- Also means
- aurora borealis
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Het noorderlicht was prachtig.
The northern lights were beautiful.
We hopen het noorderlicht te zien.
We hope to see the northern lights.
Het noorderlicht danst vaak aan de hemel.
The northern lights often dance in the sky.
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