Auf Wiedersehen Definition & Meaning

American

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auf Wiedersehen American [ouf vee-duhr-zey-uhn] / aʊf ˈvi dərˌzeɪ ən /

interjection

German.

1. until we meet again; goodbye for the present.

auf Wiedersehen British / auf ˈviːdərzeːən /

1. goodbye, until we see each other again

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Three hundred and sixty five long days ago, Steve Clarke's Scotland strode out at Hampden Park, their last auf wiedersehen before they went off to give Germany, Switzerland and Hungary what for at Euro 2024.

From BBC

Apart from one 1980s role in a BBC Play for Today as a "rural police sergeant who had to do all the work", Spall, star of Mr Turner, Harry Potter and the iconic Barry in Auf Wiedersehen Pet, has never been in a "whodunnit", and admits to not having watched much in that vein.

From BBC

The cast of popular TV series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet will celebrate 40 years of the show at a reunion event in Newcastle's City Hall next May.

From BBC

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet ran for two series in the 1980s and returned for another series, and a two-part special, in 2002 and 2004.

From BBC

Another film, “Auf Wiedersehen,” explored her mother’s forced exile from Europe during the Holocaust as a source of intergenerational trauma.

From New York Times

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