Mail

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

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

• Audio:

  (file)

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.

• 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]

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