Wiedersehen macht Freude
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “seeing again brings pleasure”.
Pronunciation
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Phrase
[edit]- (literally) seeing (each other), meeting up again brings pleasure
- (by extension, humorous, euphemistic) Said to hint at the fact that the speaker would like a borrowed item back.
Further reading
[edit]- “Wiedersehen macht Freude” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache