Die Krankenkasse schickt mir eine Bestätigung per E‑Mail.

Krankenkasse is a feminine noun in German, so its basic article is die.

In this sentence, die Krankenkasse is also the subject, so it is in the nominative case. For feminine nouns, the nominative article is still die.

So:

• die Krankenkasse = the health insurance company / health insurance fund

Krankenkasse usually means a health insurance provider or health insurance fund.

It is made up of:

• krank = sick / ill
• Kasse = fund, cash desk, office, or provider in this kind of context

In everyday German, die Krankenkasse is the normal word people use for their health insurance company.

German main clauses follow the verb-second rule. That means the finite verb goes in the second position.

Here the sentence is:

• Die Krankenkasse = first position
• schickt = second position

Then the rest follows:

• mir
• eine Bestätigung
• per E-Mail

So even though English often thinks in terms of subject + verb + object, German specifically requires the conjugated verb to be in position 2 in a normal statement.

Because the verb has to be conjugated to match the subject.

The infinitive is schicken = to send

The subject here is die Krankenkasse, which is grammatically third person singular. So the verb becomes:

• ich schicke
• du schickst
• er/sie/es schickt

Since die Krankenkasse behaves like sie in the singular, we use schickt.

Because mir is the dative form of ich.

German uses:

• ich = I
• mich = me, as a direct object (accusative)
• mir = me, as an indirect object (dative)

In this sentence, the health insurance company sends something to me:

• eine Bestätigung = the thing being sent → direct object
• mir = the person receiving it → indirect object

So German says:

• Die Krankenkasse schickt mir eine Bestätigung.
• literally: The health insurance company sends me a confirmation.

Bestätigung is a feminine noun, so its basic article is die Bestätigung.

In this sentence, it is the direct object, so it is in the accusative case. For feminine nouns, the accusative indefinite article is eine.

So:

• nominative: eine Bestätigung
• accusative: eine Bestätigung

There is no change here because feminine nouns keep eine in both nominative and accusative.

Bestätigung usually means confirmation.

Depending on context, it could be:

• a confirmation message
• a written confirmation
• an official confirmation document

In this sentence, it most likely means some kind of confirmation notice or confirmation document sent by the insurance company.

That word order is very normal in German.

A common pattern is:

• subject
• verb
• dative object
• accusative object

So:

• Die Krankenkasse = subject
• schickt = verb
• mir = dative object
• eine Bestätigung = accusative object

Also, pronouns like mir often come before full noun phrases like eine Bestätigung.

So schickt mir eine Bestätigung sounds very natural.

Per E-Mail means by email or via email.

This is a fixed, very common expression in German. After per, German often uses the noun without an article:

• per E-Mail
• per Post
• per Fax

So you do not usually say:

• per einer E-Mail ❌

You simply say:

• per E-Mail ✅

Normally, no. The natural expression is per E-Mail.

You might also hear:

• via E-Mail
• in einer E-Mail — but this means in an email, which is slightly different

So for sent by email, the best choice is:

• per E-Mail

Yes, you often can.

• schicken = to send
• senden = to send

But there is a slight difference in feel:

• schicken is very common and natural in everyday language
• senden can sound a bit more formal or can be used for broadcasts/signals as well

So:

• Die Krankenkasse schickt mir eine Bestätigung per E-Mail. ✅ very natural
• Die Krankenkasse sendet mir eine Bestätigung per E-Mail. ✅ possible, but less everyday

Because all nouns are capitalized in German.

So in this sentence:

• Krankenkasse is a noun
• Bestätigung is a noun
• E-Mail is a noun

That is why they all begin with capital letters.

This is one of the most noticeable spelling rules in German.

Yes. Schickt is in the present tense.

So the sentence literally means:

• The health insurance company sends me a confirmation by email

In many contexts, German present tense can also refer to something that is happening now, habitually, or even in the near future, depending on context.

The structure is:

• Die Krankenkasse = subject
• schickt = finite verb
• mir = indirect object, dative
• eine Bestätigung = direct object, accusative
• per E-Mail = adverbial phrase showing how/by what means

So a useful pattern is:

Subject + verb + dative object + accusative object + adverbial phrase

This is a very common German sentence pattern.