tschüs
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʃyːs/
- IPA(key): /tʃʏs/ (alternative pronunciation before 1996)
Interjection
tschüs
- (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] […]"