Register and the Business Email

The same idea can be said five different ways in German, each landing at a different social distance. All five mean "send me that" — but you would never use the first with your boss or the last with a friend.

Phrase	Register	Where you'd use it
Schick mir das mal.	very informal	friend group
Kannst du mir das schicken?	informal	colleague you know well
Können Sie mir das schicken?	neutral	most workplace contexts
Könnten Sie mir das bitte zusenden?	polite	client, supervisor
Würden Sie mir das freundlicherweise zukommen lassen?	formal	first contact, senior person

Match the phrase to its register

Informal word, formal word

The same verb dressed up for business. Match each everyday word to its formal register.

Which register?

The five-part email skeleton

Every German business email follows the same skeleton: Betreff (subject), Anrede (greeting), Einleitung (opening), Hauptteil (body), Schluss (closing).

Fill the gap

Say it in German

Put the opening in order