hatte nicht den Mut

didn't have the courage

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didn't have the courage Used to say that someone lacked the courage to do something. It is commonly followed by „zu“ plus an infinitive or by a clause with „zu“ understood from context. „Hatte“ is the past tense of „haben“; the phrase changes with the subject and tense.

GE: Sie hatte nicht den Mut, ihren Eltern die Wahrheit zu sagen.

EN: She didn't have the courage to tell her parents the truth.

Tom hatte nicht den Mut, Mary die Wahrheit zu sagen.

Tom didn't have the courage to tell Mary the truth.

Sie hatte nicht den Mut, ihm die Wahrheit zu sagen.

She didn’t have the courage to tell him the truth.

Tom hatte nicht den Mut, ihr die Wahrheit zu sagen.

Tom didn't have the courage to tell her the truth.

Tom hatte nicht den Mut, Selbstmord zu begehen.

Tom didn’t have the courage to commit suicide.