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auf Wiedersehen

American  
[ouf vee-duhr-zey-uhn] / aʊf ˈvi dərˌzeɪ ən /

interjection

German.
  1. until we meet again; goodbye for the present.


auf Wiedersehen British  
/ auf ˈviːdərzeːən /
  1. goodbye, until we see each other again

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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And if that’s a problem for you, then, yes, goodbye, sayonara, auf Wiedersehen, adios and adieu.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2021

To employ catchphrases from two Teutonic giants -- Heidi Klum and Arnold Schwarzenegger -- Lifetime TV’s “Project Runway,” which wraps up its season this coming week, has bid auf Wiedersehen to Los Angeles for now.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2020

For now, as the Kennedy Center’s other current Nazi threat musical tenant would put it, auf Wiedersehen.

From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2017

If Singer Flagstad and her husband had "escaped," they sniped, it must have been with cheering crowds of Nazis wishing them Godspeed and auf Wiedersehen.

From Time Magazine Archive

They waved cheerfully and sang, “So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye!”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

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