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De or het adres?

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het adres

address (direction for letters)

/aːˈdrɛs/

Forms

Singular
het adres
Plural
de adressen
Diminutive
het adresje

Why het?

  • No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so het adres is learned together with the word.
  • Every plural takes de, so it is de adressen whatever the singular takes.
  • Every diminutive takes het: het adresje.

The rules for de and het, with the exceptions

Meaning in English

  1. address (direction for letters)

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