tschau

[t͡ʃaʊ̯]

/[t͡ʃaʊ̯]/ phrase

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The verdict

“tschau” is uncommon German (frequency #53,303 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,303
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - informeller Abschiedsgruß

Corpus desk

Index DE-tschau · tschau · German

tschau · rank #53,303 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,303
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Trugschluss

Nearest frequency peer: Trugschluss (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „tschau“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „tschau“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tschau
PropertyValue
Headwordtschau
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[t͡ʃaʊ̯]
Letters6
Frequency rank#53,303
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „tschau“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).tschaufällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Trugschluss“ (#53,302), „Täterin“ (#53,304), „Tötungsdelikt“ (#53,305). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „tschau“ bei #53,303. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tschau is uncommon German at frequency #53,303 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as aphrase, transcribed [t͡ʃaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "informeller Abschiedsgruß".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tschau, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is tschau, spelled T-S-C-H-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    informeller Abschiedsgruß

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how tschau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Bestell auch dem Nigerianer Grüße von mir. Tschau!“

Synonyms

tschüsadeadieutschöciao

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tschau"?
"tschau" is spelled T-S-C-H-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡ʃaʊ̯].
What does "tschau" mean?
As a phrase, "tschau" means: informeller Abschiedsgruß
How do you pronounce "tschau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tschau" is [t͡ʃaʊ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tschau" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tschau", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Traums#53,299Unwort#53,324Störer#53,278vergib#53,335

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list