Nimmerwiedersehen
German, noun/ˈnɪmɐˈviːdɐˌzeː(ə)n/
Nimmerwiedersehen is spelled N-I-M-M-E-R-W-I-E-D-E-R-S-E-H-E-N (17 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 74,397th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nimmerwiedersehen is a German neuter noun meaning “never getting together again; never seeing again; never an instance of seeing someone or each other again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Nimmerwiedersehen mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialneuternever getting together again; never seeing again; never an instance of seeing someone or each other again
auf Nimmerwiedersehen!
interjection
- 1
alternative form of auf Nimmerwiedersehen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Nimmerwiedersehen
- Nimmerwiedersehens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nimmerwiedersehen?
- /ˈnɪmɐˈviːdɐˌzeː(ə)n/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Nimmerwiedersehen in German?
Nimmerwiedersehen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).