Trauma

See also: trauma

German

Etymology

From the 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

• Schädel-Hirn-Trauma, traumatisieren, Traumatologe, Traumatologie

Further reading

• “Trauma” in Duden online
• Trauma on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de