Ich sende dem Verlag meine E-Mail noch heute.

the; (masculine or neuter, dative)

Breakdown of Ich sende dem Verlag meine E-Mail noch heute.

• ich: I
• heute: today
• noch: still (up to now)

Questions & Answers about Ich sende dem Verlag meine E-Mail noch heute.

Why is it dem Verlag and not den Verlag or der Verlag?

Verlag (publisher) is a masculine noun: der Verlag.

In the sentence, Verlag is the indirect object (“to the publisher”), so it must be in the dative case:

• Nominative (subject): der Verlag
• Accusative (direct object): den Verlag
• Dative (indirect object): dem Verlag ← used here

German often uses a dative noun without a preposition to express “to someone”:

• Ich sende dem Verlag meine E‑Mail. = I send the publisher my email.
  (literally: I send to the publisher my email.)

So dem is required because Verlag is masculine in the dative case.

Why is meine E-Mail in the accusative case?

E-Mail is the direct object (“my email” is what is being sent). Direct objects take the accusative case.

• Feminine noun: die E-Mail
• Accusative singular of feminine nouns is usually the same as nominative: die E-Mail

With a possessive:

• meine E-Mail is feminine accusative (same form as nominative).

Structure of the sentence:

• Ich – subject (nominative)
• sende – verb
• dem Verlag – indirect object (dative)
• meine E-Mail – direct object (accusative)

Could the word order be Ich sende meine E-Mail dem Verlag noch heute instead?