niemand hat die Absicht

== German == === Etymology === After the famous statement Niemand hat die Absicht, eine Mauer zu errichten (“No one has the intention to build a wall”), made by East German leader Walter Ulbricht at a press conference in June 1961, two months before the construction of the Berlin Wall. === Pronunciation === === Phrase === niemand hat die Absicht (idiomatic) introduces a sentence that expresses a supposed secret plan or hidden agenda [with zu (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]