De or het postcode?
de postcode
a postcode, a postal code
/ˈpɔstˌkoː.də/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de postcode
- Plural (meervoud)
- de postcodes
Why de?
- No reliable spelling rule decides this one, so de postcode is learned together with the word.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de postcodes whatever the singular takes.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze postcode | deze postcodes |
| that, those | die postcode | die postcodes |
| which (the … that) | de postcode die … | de postcodes die … |
| our | onze postcode | onze postcodes |
Meaning in English
- a postcode, a postal code
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