Trauma

== German == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʁaʊ̯ma/ Hyphenation: Trau‧ma === Noun === Trauma n (strong, genitive Traumas, plural Traumata or Traumen) psychological trauma (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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Schädel-Hirn-Trauma, traumatisieren, Traumatologe, Traumatologie ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: トラウマ === Further reading === “Trauma” in Duden online “Trauma” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Trauma on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de