tschüs

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʃyːs/
  • IPA(key): /tʃʏs/ (alternative pronunciation before 1996)
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Interjection

tschüs

  1. (informal, rather rare) Alternative form of tschüss

Usage notes
  • In order to represent the pronunciation with a long /yː/, which is common particularly in northern Germany, the spellings tschüs or tschüß can be used. The form tschüß is indeed more common.

Further reading
  • “tschüs” in Duden online
  • Duden Rechtschreibung der deutschen Sprache und der Fremdwörter (Der Duden in 10 Bänden, volume 1), 18th edition, 1980, page 698 (together with page 9): "tschüs! [auch: tschụ̈ß] […]"
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