noun
email, mail
A2
Mail (die Mail) = 'email' or 'mail' in German; an Anglicism commonly used for electronic messages. Feminine noun: singular die Mail, plural Mails. Declension often follows weak patterns (die Mails), genitive sometimes der Mail or der Mails. No special preposition; plural formed as Mails.
Examples
Die Mail kam gestern in meinem Postfach an.
The mail arrived in my inbox yesterday.
Weil die Abteilung die Mail erst gestern erhielt, entschied das Team, die Anfrage bis Montag zu beantworten.
Because the department received the mail only yesterday, the team decided to answer the inquiry by Monday.
Ich habe eine Mail bekommen.
I received an email.
Details
Mnemonics
picture an envelope with an @ sign
same as English 'mail' — easy
die Mail — feminine often used: imagine a female assistant checking email
Notes
Both feminine and neuter uses occur; 'die Mail' is common. Plural 'Mails'.