Danish

Alternative forms

• adjes (obsolete)
• adjøs

Interjection

adjø

1. 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

• farvel

References

• "adjøs" entry in Dictionary of the Danish Language from 1700 - 1950

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• adjøss

Etymology 1

Noun use of the identical interjection.

Noun

adjø n ‎(definite singular adjøet, indefinite plural adjø or adjøer, definite plural adjøa or adjøene)

1. 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

• avskjed

Etymology 2

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

adjø

1. goodbye, farewell

   Adjø, da!‎

   Goodbye then!

   Adjø så lenge.‎

   Farewell for now.

Synonyms

• farvel
• ha det
• ha det bra
• hei
• lev vel
• på gjensyn

References

• “adjø” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “adjoe” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• adjøss

Etymology 1

Noun use of the identical interjection.

Noun

adjø

1. 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.

Synonyms

• avskil
• avskjed

Inflection

Etymology 2

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

adjø

1. goodbye, farewell

   Adjø, då!‎

   Goodbye then!

   Adjø så lenge.‎

   Farewell for now.

Synonyms

• farvel
• ha det
• ha det bra
• hei
• lev vel
• på gjensyn

References

• “adjø” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “adjoe” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.