# die Schnapsidee

die Schnapsidee is a German noun meaning “idea”. Forms: der Schnapsidee, die Schnapsideen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Schnapsidee
- Plural: die Schnapsideen

## In other languages

- Русский: дикая мысль

## Meanings

1. An idea that seems clever or brilliant at first but turns out to be stupid on second thought.
   - Aber in den beiden Ländern, die verbunden werden sollen, ist man skeptisch. Eine Schnapsidee, findet die nordirische Ministerin für Infrastruktur, Nichola Mallon, von der Sozialdemokratischen Partei. — However, there is skepticism in both of the countries which shall be connected. The Northern Irish Minister for Infrastructure, Nichola Mallon from the Social Democratic and Labour Party, considers this a Schnapsidee.
2. _colloquial_ idea
   - Das war ja mal wieder eine tolle Schnapsidee!

## Examples

- Wir haben eingesehen, dass unser Sparprogramm eine absolute Schnapsidee war. — We realised that our austerity cuts were a totally daft idea.
- Das ist eine Schnapsidee. — It's definitely not a good idea.

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