auf wiedersehen
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9.8
- noun
- /aʊf ˈviːdərˌzeɪən/
- He waved goodbye and said, 'Auf wiedersehen!' as he left the party.
Examples
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# So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu #
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# So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu... #
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# So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye #
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So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye...
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Auf Wiedersehen. - Thank you.
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# So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu
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Auf...wiedersehen.
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Auf Wiedersehen.
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"So long, farewell, auf...wiedersehen, "adieu, adieu, adieu to yieu and yieu and yieu."
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After a long conversation, she smiled and said, 'Auf wiedersehen!' before heading home.
Synonyms
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1.0
A short word or action people use when they leave each other
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1.0
Words people say when they leave each other
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1.0
Words or actions people use when they leave
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3.0
A short phrase people say when they leave each other
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1.1
A friendly informal way to say goodbye when leaving
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1.9
A speech or action that says goodbye and wishes someone well
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1.0
A polite or formal way to say goodbye when parting
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7.2
A word people use to say goodbye
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9.3
A final goodbye you say when leaving for a long time
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8.5
A polite way to say goodbye when you expect to see someone again
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8.6
A goodbye used when someone leaves for a long time
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8.9
A friendly way to say goodbye
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9.8
A friendly way to say goodbye
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4.4
Words or actions people use when they leave each other
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6.3
A casual word for goodbye used when leaving someone
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
auf + wiedersehen
Although this is a German loan phrase used in English, its meaning is compositional: literally 'until we see (each other) again' (wieder = again, sehen = to see), so a learner who knows the constituent words can infer it means 'goodbye/farewell'. The form is a transparent, literal farewell formula rather than an idiom, and similar constructions exist cross-linguistically.
Etymology
Auf wiedersehen is a German goodbye that literally means 'until we see each other again'. It is made of auf and Wiedersehen, with Wiedersehen from wieder 'again' and sehen 'to see', so the phrase is used to say 'goodbye' while hoping to meet again.