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] […]"