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  2. /The past perfect tense (hatte, war)
  3. /schiefgehen

schiefgehen

schiefgehen
to go wrong
From Lesson 160:The past perfect tense (hatte, war)·German

Usages of schiefgehen

Alles war schiefgegangen.
Everything had gone wrong.
Die Kreditkarte hatte nicht funktioniert, und alles war schiefgegangen.
The credit card had not worked, and everything had gone wrong.
Wir haben eine gute Versicherung, falls etwas schiefgeht.
We have good insurance in case something goes wrong.
Wenn ich geholfen hätte, wäre das Abendessen nicht schiefgegangen.
If I had helped, the dinner would not have gone wrong.

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