Write a short formal email — usually to apologise, cancel, or make a polite request.
Your answer is marked as a short formal email to an institution, office, teacher or company: about 40 words · formal (Sie-Form) · 15 min. Open with 'Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,' (unknown recipient) or 'Sehr geehrte Frau/Sehr geehrter Herr [name],' and close with 'Mit freundlichen Grüßen' then your name. Use Sie/Ihnen/Ihr throughout. The line after the comma of the greeting begins lowercase.