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auf weidersehn

English translation: Goodbye

14:56 Apr 1, 2002
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
German term or phrase: auf weidersehn
in a song
john deef
English translation:Goodbye
Explanation:
Should be spelled 'Auf Wiedersehen' - literally, until we meet again!

HTH

Mary
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Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:05
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Summary of answers provided
4 +15Goodbye
Mary Worby
5"until we meet again" or "adieu"
Sheela Kenan
4Good bye, see you
Lilla (X)


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +15
Goodbye


Explanation:
Should be spelled 'Auf Wiedersehen' - literally, until we meet again!

HTH

Mary

Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:05
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 2770
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger: Hasta la vista, baby!
2 mins
agree  Tabea Petersen
6 mins
agree  lone (X)
8 mins
agree  Dr.G.MD (X)
19 mins
agree  Bob Kerns (X)
24 mins
agree  Susan Geiblinger
39 mins
agree  RNolder (X)
1 hr
agree  ingot
2 hrs
agree  Alev Ellington
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agree  Thomas Bollmann
3 hrs
agree  Elvira Stoianov
4 hrs
agree  Petra Winter
5 hrs
agree  Petra Dr. Schmidt-Sarbutt
7 hrs
agree  brute (X)
22 hrs
agree  Steven Sidore: actually, literally it's 'Until we SEE [each other] again'. But the translation is still right
1 day 9 hrs
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Good bye, see you


Explanation:
Any good dictionnary. Watch out the spelling in German!

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Note added at 2002-04-01 15:18:17 (GMT)
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Heu, goodbye

goodbye [gudba] 1 (n: US) Abschied m, Lebewohl nt ;
to say ~, to say {or} make one\'s goodbyes, sich verabschieden, Lebewohl sagen;
to wish sb ~, to say goodbye to sb, sich von jdm verabschieden, von jdm Abschied nehmen;
to say ~ to sth, einer Sache (dat) Lebewohl sagen;
well, it\'s ~ to all that, damit ist es jetzt vorbei;
when all the ~s were over, als das Abschiednehmen vorbei war;
2 (interj) auf Wiedersehen, lebe wohl;
3 (adj: attr) Abschieds-;
~ party, Abschiedsparty f.


Lilla (X)
Local time: 20:05
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
"until we meet again" or "adieu"


Explanation:
Check spelling; if it is in a song (probably in a romantic sense), it would be more in keeping with the sense if it was translated as "until we meet again" or "adieu", rather than simply "goodbye".

Sheela Kenan
Local time: 19:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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