De or het post?

Forms

Singular

de post

Plural

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

Meaning in English

1. mail
2. post (message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc.)
3. a mail office, a post office
4. a location or station, where a soldier is supposed to be; position
5. a post, a position, an office