Trauma

Trauma

See also: trauma and traumą

German

Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈtʁaʊ̯ma/
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    • Hyphenation: Trau‧ma

    Noun

    Trauma n (strong, genitive Traumas, plural Traumata or Traumen)

    1. psychological trauma
    2. (medicine) trauma (serious injury)

    Usage notes

    In colloquial usage, the word Trauma only refers to the psychological trauma. The usage of the word Trauma to mean injury is restricted to medical contexts and occurs almost exclusively in compounds like Schädel-Hirn-Trauma.

    Declension

    Declension of Trauma [neuter, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein das Trauma die Traumata, Traumen
    genitive eines des Traumas der Traumata, Traumen
    dative einem dem Trauma den Traumata, Traumen
    accusative ein das Trauma die Traumata, Traumen

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → Japanese: トラウマ

    Further reading

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