De or het adres?
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
What het changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | dit adres | deze adressen |
| that, those | dat adres | die adressen |
| which (the … that) | het adres dat … | de adressen die … |
| our | ons adres | onze adressen |
Meaning in English
- address (direction for letters)
Remember adres with Spreek
Spreek keeps the Dutch words you meet, article included, reviews them with you and then has you use them in a spoken conversation.
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