German

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Etymology

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From Schönwetter (fair weather) +‎ Idee (idea).

Noun

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Schönwetteridee f (genitive Schönwetteridee, plural Schönwetterideen)

  1. 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?

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