tschau
German, interjection/tʃaʊ̯/
tschau is spelled T-S-C-H-A-U (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,749th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tschau is a German interjection meaning “goodbye, ciao” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does tschau mean in English?
interjection
- 1
goodbye, ciao
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. informeller Abschiedsgruß
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 tschau
- ciao alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tschau?
- /tʃaʊ̯/
- [t͡ʃaʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tschau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tschau in German?
tschau appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).