De or het postcode?
de postcode
a postcode, a postal code
/ˈpɔstˌkoː.də/
Forms
- Singular
- de postcode
- Plural
- 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
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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