hatte nicht genug Geld, um

didn't have enough money to

→ haben

phrase Rare #45,185

didn't have enough money to Followed by an infinitive with „zu“ to explain what someone could not afford to do. „Hatte“ is the past tense of „haben“ and means “had.”

GE: Sie hatte nicht genug Geld, um ein neues Handy zu kaufen.

EN: She didn't have enough money to buy a new phone.

Ich hatte nicht genug Geld, um alles zu kaufen, was wir brauchten.

I didn't have enough money to buy everything we needed.

Tom hatte nicht genug Geld, um auf das Konzert zu gehen.

Tom didn't have enough money to go to the concert.

Tom hatte nicht genug Geld, um mit dem Taxi zu fahren.

Tom didn't have enough money to take a taxi.

Tom hatte nicht genug Geld, um die Rechnung zu begleichen.

Tom didn’t have enough money to pay the bill.