Trauma
See also: trauma
German edit
Etymology edit
From the Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Trauma n (strong, genitive Traumas, plural Traumata or Traumen)
Usage notes edit
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 edit
Declension of Trauma [neuter, strong]
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Trauma” in Duden online
- Trauma on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de