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mail màil
German
Etymology
Abbreviation of de E-Mail; the E- being redundant in German.
Pronunciation
de /mɛɪ̯l/ /meːl/
de Mehl according to the latter pronunciation
de De-Mail.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f[predominantly],s or
n[alternatively in southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland],s,s
de slightly informal de E-Mail e-mail
de 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 de E-Mail for more.
The form de 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.Korpustreffer für "@Mails", aus dem Korpus Die ZEIT des Digitalen Wörterbuchs der deutschen SpracheKorpustreffer für "@E-Mails", aus dem Korpus Die ZEIT des Digitalen Wörterbuchs der deutschen Sprache
Declension
f[predominantly],s or
n[alternatively in southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland],s,s
References
de E-mail