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)
- (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 | die | Mails | |
genitive | einer | der | der | Mails | |
dative | einer | der | den | Mails | |
accusative | eine | die | 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 | die | Mails | |
genitive | eines | des | Mails | der | Mails |
dative | einem | dem | den | Mails | |
accusative | ein | das | die | Mails |
References
- Korpustreffer für "@Mails", aus dem Korpus Die ZEIT des Digitalen Wörterbuchs der deutschen Sprache
- Korpustreffer für "@E-Mails", aus dem Korpus Die ZEIT des Digitalen Wörterbuchs der deutschen Sprache