Adieu
German, noun/aˈdjøː/
Adieu is spelled A-D-I-E-U (5 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 25,938th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adieu is a German neuter noun meaning “adieu” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gruß zum Abschied”.
What does Adieu mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteradieu
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Abschiedsgruß
noun: 1. Gruß zum Abschied
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Adieu
- Adieus genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Adieu?
- /aˈdjøː/
- [aˈdjøː]
- [aˈdi̯øː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Adieu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Adieu in German?
Adieu appears 1.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).