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Illustration of the A1 German word “Auf Wiedersehen!”, which translates to “Goodbye!”. The Casablanca farewell: on a foggy airfield at night a man in a trench coat and fedora faces a woman in a hat, her eyes glistening, his jaw set in brave sorrow, a propeller plane behind them.

Auf Wiedersehen! is part of Goethe A1 vocabulary.

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Auf Wiedersehen!

Goodbye!

/aʊ̯f ˈviːdɐˌzeːən/

Examples — Auf Wiedersehen! in a sentence

Auf Wiedersehen! Bis nächste Woche!

Goodbye! See you next week!

Auf Wiedersehen! Ich gehe jetzt.

Goodbye! I am leaving now.

How to remember it

AUF WIEDER-SEHEN sounds like 'off, we'd all see him!' 'Off, we'd all see him again!' as we say *goodbye*.

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