tschüss
Appearance
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Low German tschüß from earlier adjüs, from Dutch adjuus, from Spanish adiós or French adieu.[1] (See also moin.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]tschüss
Usage notes
[edit]- Tschüss was originally common only in northern and central Germany, but it has gained wider acceptance and is now also commonly used in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and South Tyrol. The farewell auf Wiedersehen is often considered more appropriate to use towards strangers and generally in formal situations in Southern Germany. In northern and central Germany, tschüss is a standard goodbye in all but official situations, with the north preferring the older form tschüß.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Czech: čus
References
[edit]- ^ Friedrich Kluge (2002) “tschüss”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 24th edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
Further reading
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- German terms borrowed from German Low German
- German terms derived from German Low German
- German terms derived from Dutch
- German terms derived from Spanish
- German terms derived from French
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/ʏs
- Rhymes:German/ʏs/1 syllable
- German lemmas
- German interjections
- German informal terms
- German farewells