auf Nimmerwiedersehen
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Blend of auf Wiedersehen (“farewell”, literally “that [we may] meet again, till we meet again”) + nimmer (“never again”), literally, “that we may never see again”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʊ̯f ˌnɪmɐˈviːdɐseː(ə)n/, /aʊ̯f ˈnɪmɐˌviːdɐseː(ə)n/
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Adverb
- (with verschwinden or other verbs indicating departure) never to be seen again
- Ihre Unterlagen sind auf Nimmerwiedersehen verschwunden.
- Their documents disappeared, never to be seen again.
Further reading
- “Nimmerwiedersehen” in Duden online
- “auf Nimmerwiedersehen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “auf Nimmerwiedersehen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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