E-Mail

See also: email, Email, e-mail, and émail

German

Alternative forms

• Mail (very common, somewhat informal)
• e-mail (informal, not standard)
• e-Mail (not standard)
• eMail (not standard)
• Email (uncommon)

Etymology

Borrowed from English e-mail. The feminine gender probably after Post (“mail”), perhaps also Nachricht (“message”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːˌmɛɪ̯l/, /ˈiːˌmeːl/, /ˈiːˌmɛl/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

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

1. e-mail (system; letter)

Usage notes

• The word is predominantly feminine in all regions. The neuter gender exists as a common variant in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. In the north it is now very unusual.

Declension

Declension of E-Mail [feminine (predominantly)]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	E-Mail	die	E-Mails
genitive	einer	der	E-Mail	der	E-Mails
dative	einer	der	E-Mail	den	E-Mails
accusative	eine	die	E-Mail	die	E-Mails

or

Declension of E-Mail [neuter (alternatively in southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland), strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	E-Mail	die	E-Mails
genitive	eines	des	E-Mails	der	E-Mails
dative	einem	dem	E-Mail	den	E-Mails
accusative	ein	das	E-Mail	die	E-Mails

Derived terms

• E-Mail-Adresse f

Further reading

• “E-Mail” in Duden online
• “E-Mail” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• E-Mail on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de