What is the word that Germans use to say goodby that sounds like 'chus'? Is it a derivitive of 'cheers' maybe?

LIke others have said, it is "tsch眉ss" and you pronounce it like 'shoes' in English with a 'ch' sound at the beginning.

However, as a linguist, I do know the derivation of the word. It is indeed from "adj眉s" like 'adios' for goodbye, but is not from Spanish, but from Portuguese.

that's not a very good explanation -- you should believe a native speaker who has studied german language... Report It

More a derivative of the Italian's saying "Chow", but Cheers works for the English language.

tschuss ...but with an umlaut on the "u" and the special letter for the double ss...(where is the key) ???

It's written Tsch眉ss, used to be written Tsch眉脽 though. Spelling was made a bit simpler a few years ago. I'm not sure where it comes from though. Just means "bye" literally. Not derived from another German word at least.

The first guy is right, it's a form of the "Ciao" that they say in Italy. I live in Germany and they eiher say Tschoos or Ciao when you leave a store or restaurant.

I heard that it was from adieu. Lots of people say it though, along with Tschau (ciao) and Ade (which is definately from adieu)

Agreed that it is tsch眉ss (pronounced chues). It's a German version of ciao.

tschuess

You mean "tsch眉脽" and it is used, when you leave (like "good bye"), popular in the North, but known in whole Germany.

It is based on "adj眉s" (german) and "ad铆os" (spanish) and "adieu" (french); imported by travelling people (seamen). In the roots it means "goog bye", "farewell".

"Cheers" (when drinking) means in German "prost" ("prosit"), "zum Wohle" or "hau wech den schei脽" ;-)

"Ciao" ist italien and means "hello" (when you come, when you leave), but in Germany most used as "good bye".

No, it is Tschuess! It is a derivative of Ciao, and mainly said in southern Laender (states).

The word is "tsch眉脽" and it is a corruption of the French "adieu". It hasn't got anything to do with either Italian "ciao" or English "cheers".

Tsch眉脽 is used all over Germany, but does not originate in the South as someone suggested. A lot of people there would use "Servus" to say bye-bye. It is one of the few words that came from Northern Germany into standard German.