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Das war ein Versehen.

That was an oversight. / It was an accident.

In German

Das war ein Versehen.

das var ine FER-zeh-en
🇬🇧 English
That was an oversight. / It was an accident.
🇪🇸 Español
Fue un descuido. / Fue un accidente.
🇮🇹 Italiano
È stata una svista. / È stato un errore.

Example Sentences

1

Entschuldigung, das war ein Versehen, ich habe die falsche Nummer gewählt.

Sorry, that was an oversight, I dialed the wrong number.

Apologizing for a wrong number or similar minor error.

2

Ich habe Ihre E-Mail nicht beantwortet, das war ein Versehen.

I didn't reply to your email, that was an oversight.

Apologizing for forgetting to reply to an email.

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