Label elke doos en geef het adres door.

In this sentence, label is the imperative (command form) of the Dutch verb labelen, meaning to label or to put a label on.

So:

• labelen = to label
• label! = label!

Dutch often borrows words from English or French and turns them into regular verbs. Here, labelen behaves like a normal Dutch verb.

Because this is a command, and Dutch usually leaves out the subject in the imperative.

So instead of saying:

• Jij labelt elke doos.
• Jij geeft het adres door.

Dutch uses the shorter command forms:

• Label elke doos
• Geef het adres door

This is very similar to English:

• Label every box
• Pass on the address

not usually:

• You label every box

Because elke means each or every, and in Dutch it is followed by a singular noun.

So:

• elke doos = each box / every box

Even though the meaning refers to multiple boxes overall, the grammar stays singular after elke.

Compare:

• elke doos = every box
• alle dozen = all boxes

Because elke already works like a determiner, so you do not normally add de or een in front of it.

So you say:

• elke doos

not:

• de elke doos
• een elke doos

This is similar to English, where you say every box, not the every box.

Both elke and iedere can mean each or every in many contexts.

So these are both possible:

• Label elke doos
• Label iedere doos

In everyday Dutch, elke is often a little more common and natural in simple instructions like this. For many learners, it is safe to think of them as near-equivalents here.

The full verb is doorgeven, which is a separable verb in Dutch.

That means:

• dictionary form: doorgeven
• in a main clause or command, it often splits:
  • Geef het adres door

Here:

• geef = give
• door = the separable prefix

This is a very common Dutch pattern. Compare:

• opbellen → Bel me op
• meenemen → Neem het mee
• doorgeven → Geef het door

Here doorgeven means something like:

• pass on
• relay
• communicate to someone else

So geef het adres door does not necessarily mean physically handing over a written address. It often means make sure someone else receives the address information.

Depending on context, it could mean:

• tell someone the address
• forward the address
• pass the address along

Because adres is a het-word in Dutch.

So:

• het adres = the address

This is something learners usually just have to memorize with the noun.

Examples:

• het adres
• een adres
• dit adres

Yes. Dutch often leaves that out if it is already clear from the context.

So geef het adres door can mean:

• pass on the address
• give the address to the relevant person

If you want to be more specific, you can add the receiver:

• Geef het adres aan mij door = Pass the address on to me
• Geef het adres aan de chauffeur door = Pass the address on to the driver

Because the sentence joins two commands with en:

• Label elke doos
• geef het adres door

Each part keeps normal imperative word order, where the verb comes first.

So Dutch is essentially saying:

• Label each box, and pass on the address.

This is very natural in instructions and checklists.