![]() I do say it frequently (funnily enough many many times one conversation partner says 'Tschüs!' and the other repeats with 'Tschüs! and then adds 'Auf Wiedersehen!' which the first one repeats - in situations where you aren't close enough to only say tschüs, but Auf Wiedersehen would sound too formal. It's spoken language, not written not even for texting or emails. I can't even say I've ever actually written that word. A1 German: How do you say goodbye in German Learn how to have short conversations, formal and informal in this lesson from Nicos Weg. »Tschüss« is mainly used in northern regions, »servus« in southern regions (Bavaria and Austria). Saying tschüss with a short vowel sounds really rough to me, and when I hear that I know the other person is actually telling me 'Just leave already!' The main and most important difference is the region where these salutations are used. Tschüss Grammar Informal and formal (2) Saying goodbye: informal Image: DW Tschüss, Martina Machs gut Bis bald Tschüss The informal expressions for saying goodbye are used with family. And whether to write it tschüs or tschüß wouldn't make much of a difference (devoicing of the end consonants) Both variants are equally possible, though there may be regional preferences for the one or the other. If you write 'tschs', you would pronounce it with a long, while 'tschss' would indicate a short. 'Tsch' is old spelling (before the orthography reform of 1996). I usually say it with a long ü so writing it tschüss would be wrong. According to the Duden, you can either write 'tschs' or 'tschss'. Message 5 of 907 August 2010 at 7:47pm | IP Logged
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