German Conversation · Level 3
88 words
German word
tschüss
Pronunciation
IPA/tʃʏs/
Meaning
- interjectionbye
Example
Sie winkte und sagte tschüss.
She waved and said goodbye.
More examples
Vor der Tür murmelte er leise tschüss.
By the door, he murmured softly, "bye."
Core concept
A departing person calls out a warm, brief goodbye while leaving a familiar group.
Common phrases
zum Abschied tschüss sagen
say goodbye
tschüss rufen
call out "bye"
Similar words
Tschau: A short, colloquial farewell exchanged between friends.
Ciao: A casual farewell borrowed from another language.
Servus: A casual farewell used in southern Germany and Austria.
Auf Wiedersehen: A polite, formal farewell for official settings or superiors.
Definition in German
Kurze, informelle Interjektion beim Abschied, vor allem im Alltag und unter Freunden verwendet.
Word origin
Tschüss comes from the Low German farewell adjüs, which goes back to Spanish adiós ('goodbye'), and it spread from northern Germany into colloquial Standard German as an informal goodbye.
Usage tips
- Tschüss can stand alone as a farewell and can also precede a phrase such as bis dann without changing its informal register.
Other meanings
- see youinterjection
- see you laterinterjection
Opposites
- Hallohellointerjection
Related words
- Tschüsschenbye-byenoun
- Tschüssiaffectionate bye-byeinterjection