AUF WIEDERSEHEN

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WILD WORD FRIDAYS!

Today we’re going to venture from English into German (Deutsch) for our Wild Word, or in this case, our wild phrase,  AUF WIEDERSEHEN, which means good-bye.

When you bid farewell to your German, Swiss or Austrian friends by saying AUF WIEDERSEHEN (pronounced owf vee-derr-zay’n), you are actually telling them (in a direct translation to English) to again see.  It’s a very nice sentiment and actually seems closer in meaning to the English farewell rather than good-bye. 

So, my friends, AUF WIEDERSEHEN until my next post!

Q4U:  What’s your favorite way to say hello or good-bye?

Blessings!  Sue

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  1. @ Jackie – I’ve been fortunate to have a lot of family members doing very different things with their lives – the interaction with them and our conversations are a goldmine of information for my blog.

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