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ashshea
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 Message 1 of 9
23 July 2010 at 9:58pm | IP Logged 
How do you spell this word in German? I've seen it spelled all three ways and I am very
confused. Is it tschüs, tschüss, or tschüß? I know if you are typing online then you can
replace ß with ss. But then why is it sometimes written with only one s? Please help!
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 Message 2 of 9
23 July 2010 at 10:16pm | IP Logged 
In my book it says Tschüs. But people have corrected me with Tschüss.

By going by wiktionary it says it is both Tschüs and Tschüss. But Tschüß being the old
spelling (maybe by the reform). http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tsch%C3%BCss

Edited by zekecoma on 23 July 2010 at 10:18pm

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 Message 3 of 9
24 July 2010 at 1:27am | IP Logged 
Tschüss is the modern spelling. Using ß is pre-reform, because all final double s is ß pre-reform (that's actually where it comes from, a ligature of long s and short s). So I would spell it tschüss (well actually, I'd use tschuess online, but you get what I mean).

I don't know who exactly uses a single s, but it isn't wrong, merely a dialectal difference.

Edited by Declan1991 on 24 July 2010 at 1:28am

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07 August 2010 at 2:52am | IP Logged 
Being a German, I would definitly use "tschüss" with the double s as it is most common. The version with the ß is the old version used before writing reform. I personally have never seen "Tschüs",so....
In your book it is probably used in a dialogue, right? I mean you wouldn't use "Tschüss" in writing unless its chatting or very informal writing.
Grüße from Germany
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 Message 5 of 9
07 August 2010 at 7:47pm | IP Logged 
I usually say it with a long ü so writing it tschüss would be wrong. And whether to write it tschüs or tschüß wouldn't make much of a difference (devoicing of the end consonants)
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!'
(Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland here.)

.... I can't even say I've ever actually written that word. It's spoken language, not written; not even for texting or emails. 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. 8D;)

ETA: What was I thinking?


Edited by Bao on 10 August 2010 at 6:49am

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10 August 2010 at 5:47am | IP Logged 
Apparently, I'm seeing Tschüss used more than any other.
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22 September 2012 at 12:08am | IP Logged 
According to Google Trends, Tschüss is
much more common.
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 Message 8 of 9
22 September 2012 at 12:53pm | IP Logged 
According to the Duden, you can either write "tschüs" or "tschüss". "Tschüß" is old spelling (before the orthography reform of 1996). If you write "tschüs", you would pronounce it with a long ü, while "tschüss" would indicate a short ü. Both variants are equally possible, though there may be regional preferences for the one or the other.


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