Schönwetteridee
German
editEtymology
editFrom Schönwetter (“fair weather”) + Idee (“idea”).
Noun
editSchönwetteridee f (genitive Schönwetteridee, plural Schönwetterideen)
- a pipe dream, a pie-in-the-sky idea; something that seems like a good idea but is infeasible when confronted with difficulties
- 2023 January 5, Marc Widmann, “Jetzt muss sich das Blatt wenden”, in Die Zeit:
- Das führt zur Frage: War die deutsche Energiewende nur eine Schönwetteridee?
- This leads to the question: Was the German energy transition just pie in the sky?
Declension
editDeclension of Schönwetteridee [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Schönwetteridee | die | Schönwetterideen |
genitive | einer | der | Schönwetteridee | der | Schönwetterideen |
dative | einer | der | Schönwetteridee | den | Schönwetterideen |
accusative | eine | die | Schönwetteridee | die | Schönwetterideen |