Mail

See also: mail and màil

German

Etymology

Abbreviation of E-Mail; the E- being redundant in German.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛɪ̯l/, /meːl/
  • Homophone: Mehl (according to the latter pronunciation)
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Noun

Mail (predominantly) f (genitive Mail, plural Mails) or
Mail (alternatively in southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland) n (strong, genitive Mails, plural Mails)

  1. (slightly informal) Alternative form of E-Mail (“e-mail”)
    Die Bewerbungen können per Post oder Mail eingereicht werden.
    The applications can be handed in by mail or e-mail.

Usage notes
  • Usually feminine; see E-Mail for more.
  • The form Mail is predominant in informal contexts, but is now also a common variant in formal language. In the prestigious newspaper Die Zeit, the short form was used about 28% of the time between 2009 and 2018, while the full form was used 72% of the time.[1][2]

Declension
Declension of Mail [feminine (predominantly)]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Mail die Mails
genitive einer der Mail der Mails
dative einer der Mail den Mails
accusative eine die Mail die Mails

or

Declension of Mail [neuter (alternatively in southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland), strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Mail die Mails
genitive eines des Mails der Mails
dative einem dem Mail den Mails
accusative ein das Mail die Mails

References
  1. Korpustreffer für "@Mails", aus dem Korpus Die ZEIT des Digitalen Wörterbuchs der deutschen Sprache
  2. Korpustreffer für "@E-Mails", aus dem Korpus Die ZEIT des Digitalen Wörterbuchs der deutschen Sprache
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