emailen

Emailen is a Dutch verb that means to send an electronic mail. It denotes the act of composing and delivering an email over the Internet. The related noun is the email message itself, typically written as e-mail in Dutch. The term is a loan from English, formed with the Dutch infinitive ending -en.

Spelling and variants are common in usage. The hyphenated form e-mailen is often preferred in more formal writing, while many writers also use emailen without a hyphen in informal contexts. Some style guides and publishers have different recommendations, but both forms convey the same action.

Usage and examples vary by register. A typical sentence is: Ik zal je morgen emailen. Alternatively, one might say: Ik zal je morgen een e-mail sturen. While the verb is used to describe sending a message specifically by email, speakers commonly refer to the broader activity of electronic correspondence as well.

Historical context notes that electronic mail originated in the mid-20th century and became widespread with the growth of the Internet in the 1990s. The Dutch verb form emerged as a naturalized loanword during this period, reflecting how Dutch language users incorporated new communication technologies. Today emailen remains a common way to describe sending an electronic message in Dutch, alongside other expressions for sending emails. See also electronic mail, e-mail, and related communications terminology.