Polyglot Dictionary

Verletzung

/fɛɐ̯ˈlɛtsʊŋ/

die noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain Medical Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Verletzungen

Meaning

  1. injury

    From verletzen (to injure).

    • Er erlitt eine schwere Verletzung.

      He suffered a serious injury.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Trauma

Close — trauma can mean a physical injury or a psychological wound, overlapping with Verletzung.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

lesión

lesión is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "injury."

Portuguese

lesão

lesão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "injury."

Practice

1 What does Verletzung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er erlitt eine schwere ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Verletzung?

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