De or het postbode?

The correct Dutch article is:

de postbode

  • English: postman, postwoman, mail carrier
  • Plural: de postboden / postbodes
  • Diminutive: het postbodetje
Rule Words ending in -ode: always de. See the rule
Meaning (Dutch) (beroep, post) postbeambte die post aan huis bezorgt

How to use postbode

the postmande postbode
this postmandeze postbode
that postmandie postbode
our postmanonze postbode
your postmanjouw postbode
every postmanelke postbode
which postman?welke postbode?
a big postman / the big postmaneen grote postbode, de grote postbode
the postman (plural)de postboden, deze postboden

Example sentences with postbode

  • Ze werd een postbode. “She became a postman.”
  • De postbode komt binnenkort. “The mailman will be coming shortly.”
  • Is de postbode al gekomen? “Has the postman been yet?”

Dutch words ending in postbode

bootpostbode

In compound words, the last part decides the article. See the rule

Dutch words starting with postbode

postbodeboot

Meaning, plural, diminutive, pronunciation and translations: WikiWoordenboek (Dutch Wiktionary) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).