adjø
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Danish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French adieu, from à Dieu (“to God”), in the sense "may God be with you." Same origin as Swedish adjö and Norwegian Bokmål adjø. Compare Spanish adiós, Catalan adeu.
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]adjø
- goodbye, farewell
- Jeg blir desværre nødt til at gå nu", sagde hun,- adjø. (from Månen over Bella Bio by Bjarne Reuter)
- Unfortunately, I must go now", she said,- farewell.
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “adjø” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun use of the identical interjection.
Noun
[edit]adjø n (definite singular adjøet, indefinite plural adjø or adjøer, definite plural adjøa or adjøene)
- an adieu, a farewell, a goodbye
- Med et siste adjø dro hun.
- With a final farewell, she left.
- De utvekslet et hastig adjø.
- They exchanged a quick goodbye.
Synonyms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From French adieu, from à Dieu, "to God", in the sense "may God be with you." Same origin as Swedish adjö and Danish adjøs and adjø. Compare Spanish adiós.
Interjection
[edit]adjø
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun use of the identical interjection.
Noun
[edit]adjø
- an adieu, a farewell, a goodbye
- Med eit siste adjø drog ho.
- With a final farewell, she left.
- Dei utveksla eit hastig adjø.
- They exchanged a quick goodbye.
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of adjø
Synonyms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From French adieu, from à Dieu, "to God", in the sense "may God be with you." Same origin as Swedish adjö and Danish adjø. Compare Spanish adiós.
Interjection
[edit]adjø
Synonyms
[edit]References
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