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Das hätte ich nicht gekonnt.

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das
     art. singular of der: the
     pron. singular of der
     pron.          (relative) who, that, which
     pron.          (demonstrative) this, that, it
     pron.          (regional, northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb)
     der
          art. the
          art. feminine singular of der
          art. genitive plural of der
          pron. who; that; which
          pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that
          pron. (attributive, stressed) that
          pron. (indicative) him, he
          pron. (differential) the one, him
          pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her
hätte
     v. first-person singular subjunctive of haben
     v. third-person singular subjunctive of haben
     haben
          v. (auxiliary) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tenses)
          v. to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic)
          v. to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself)
          v. to have, get (to obtain, acquire)
          v. to get (to receive)
          v. to have (to be scheduled to attend)
          v. to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from)
          v. to contain, be composed of, equal
          v. (impersonal, dialectal, with es) there be, there is, there are
          v. to make a fuss
          v. (colloquial with es and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into
          v. (colloquial with es and von or über) to talk about
ich
     pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun)
nicht
     adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb)
     interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not?
gekonnt
     Participle. past participle of können
     adj. masterful, skilful
     adv. masterfully, skilfully
     können
          v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can.
          v.          (auxiliary)
          v.          to be able to do something implied; can.
          v.          to know how to do (something); to know; to understand; to be able to do (something); to be capable of; can do (something), to have a specific skill. (w
          v.          to be possible, to make sense
          v.          (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may.
          v.          (auxiliary) to be in the legal situation of being able to realize a legal effect even if it be legally disallowed




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