De or het post?
de post
/poːst/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de post
- Plural (meervoud)
- de posts, de posten
- Diminutive
- het postje
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de post is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de posts whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het postje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze post | deze posts |
| that, those | die post | die posts |
| which (the … that) | de post die … | de posts die … |
| our | onze post | onze posts |
Meaning in English
- post (message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc.)
- a mail office, a post office
- a location or station, where a soldier is supposed to be; position
- a post, a position, an office
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