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Mail

email

noun MAYL Less Common
Communication Technology

Origin: from English 'mail'

Usage Note

Mail is the everyday short form of E-Mail and is feminine (die Mail), though you also hear neuter das Mail in Austria and Switzerland. You schicken or schreiben a Mail. For postal mail Germans say Post instead.

Examples

"Ich schicke dir eine Mail."

Natural Translation

I'll send you an email.

Literal Translation

I send you an email.

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