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Das war keine so gute Idee, oder?

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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
war
     v. first-person singular preterite of sein
     sein
          v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be
          v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition)
          v. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for
          v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs
          v. to exist; there to be; to be alive
          v. to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.)
          v. to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag
          det. his
          det. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun)
          det.          (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so.
          det. one's
keine
     en:not a
     pron. feminine of kein
     pron. of kein
     pron. feminine of keiner
     pron. of keiner
so
     adv. so, such, that
     adv. as (followed by an adjective or adverb plus wie in a statement of equality)
     adv. thus, like this/that, in this/that way, in this/that manner
     adv. then (in that case)
     adv. (colloquial) expletive; sometimes intensifying, sometimes with no noticeable meaning
     conj. (coordinating) thus, so, pursuant to the aforementioned premises
     conj. (subordinating, chiefly archaic, sometimes legal and regional) an, if
     part. (colloquial) (quotative particle, somewhat similar to be like but also combinable with other verbs)
     pron. (obsolete, relative) that, which, who
     interj. (tlb, colloquial) (a discourse marker in the beginning of a sentence indicating a topic having been dealt with and another being tackled)
gute
     adj. form of gut
     gut
          adj. good (acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral)
          adj. good (effective; useful)
          adj. good (fortunate)
          adj. good (having a particularly pleasant taste)
          adj. all right, fair, proper (satisfactory)
          adj. good (full; entire; at least as much as)
          adv. well (accurately, competently, satisfactorily)
          adv. a little more than (with measurements)
          adv. easily, likely
          interj. okay, all right, now then
Idee
     n-f. idea
oder
     conj. or
     part. (tag question) right?; is it?; is it not?




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