adjø

Danish

Alternative forms

• adjes (obsolete)
• adjøs

Etymology

From French adieu, from à Dieu (“to God”), in the sense "may God be with you." Same origin as Swedish adjö and Norwegian Bokmål adjø. Compare Spanish adiós, Catalan adeu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adjø/, [aˈd̥jø]
• Rhymes: -ø

Interjection

adjø

1. goodbye, farewell

   Jeg blir desværre nødt til at gå nu", sagde hun,- adjø. (from Månen over Bella Bio by Bjarne Reuter)

   Unfortunately, I must go now", she said,- farewell.

Synonyms

• farvel

Further reading

• “adjø” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• adjøss

Etymology 1

Noun use of the identical interjection.

Noun

adjø n (definite singular adjøet, indefinite plural adjø or adjøer, definite plural adjøa or adjøene)

1. an adieu, a farewell, a goodbye

   Med et siste adjø dro hun.

   With a final farewell, she left.

   De utvekslet et hastig adjø.

   They exchanged a quick goodbye.

Synonyms

• avskjed

Etymology 2

From French adieu, from à Dieu, "to God", in the sense "may God be with you." Same origin as Swedish adjö and Danish adjøs and adjø. Compare Spanish adiós.

Interjection

adjø

1. goodbye, farewell

   Adjø, da!

   Goodbye then!

   Adjø så lenge.

   Farewell for now.

Synonyms

• farvel
• ha det
• ha det bra
• hei
• lev vel
• på gjensyn

References

• “adjø” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “adjoe” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• adjøss

Etymology 1

Noun use of the identical interjection.

Noun

adjø

1. an adieu, a farewell, a goodbye

   Med eit siste adjø drog ho.

   With a final farewell, she left.

   Dei utveksla eit hastig adjø.

   They exchanged a quick goodbye.

Inflection

Inflection of adjø

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Nynorsk n	adjø	adjøet	adjø	adjøa

Synonyms

• avskil
• avskjed

Etymology 2

From French adieu, from à Dieu, "to God", in the sense "may God be with you." Same origin as Swedish adjö and Danish adjø. Compare Spanish adiós.

Interjection

adjø

1. goodbye, farewell

   Adjø, då!

   Goodbye then!

   Adjø så lenge.

   Farewell for now.

Synonyms

• farvel
• ha det
• ha det bra
• hei
• lev vel
• på gjensyn

References

• “adjø” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “adjoe” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.