Noordoostelijk

Noordoostelijk is a Dutch term that designates relation to or movement from the northeast. It functions as an adjective and can also be used as an adverb to describe direction. In practice it is used in weather reporting, navigation, geography, and everyday description to indicate a northeastward orientation or origin.

As an adjective, noordoostelijk can modify nouns to specify a northeastern characteristic, such as noordoostelijke wind, noordoostelijke richting, or noordoostelijke regio. In meteorology and transport, the form is common for describing winds, trajectories, or areas that lie in the northeast. There is also usage in compound nouns, for example noordoostenwind or noordoostenwind, which convey a northeast wind as a standalone term.

Etymology and related terms: Noordoostelijk is built from noord (north) and oost (east) with the suffix -elijk to form an adjective meaning “pertaining to the northeast.” It fits into a broader set of Dutch directional adjectives, including noordwestelijk, zuidoostelijk, and zuidwestelijk. The noun form noordoost (northeast) is closely related, and compounds like noordoostenwind are common in technical contexts.

See also: noordwestelijk, zuidoostelijk, noordenoost (less common variant), noordoostenwind, noordoost (noun).