interkardinale
Interkardinale, in English usually rendered as intercardinal directions, refers to the four compass directions that sit midway between the cardinal directions: northeast (NE), southeast (SE), southwest (SW), and northwest (NW). The term is used in geography, navigation, meteorology, and mapping to describe bearings that are not along north, east, south, or west but lie at a 45-degree angle to them. The concept arises from the circle of directions, or compass, with cardinal points at 0° (North), 90° (East), 180° (South), and 270° (West). Intercardinal directions are at 45°, 135°, 225°, and 315° respectively.
In some languages, including German and Italian, the exact form interkardinale is used; in English the preferred