Trauma
German, noun/ˈtʁaʊ̯ma/
Trauma is spelled T-R-A-U-M-A (6 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written German, the 11,022nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trauma is a German neuter noun meaning “psychological trauma” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “starke seelische Erschütterung”.
What does Trauma mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterpsychological trauma
- 2
neutertrauma (serious injury)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. starke seelische Erschütterung 2. körperliche Verletzung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Trauma
- Traumas genitive
- Traumata plural
- Traumen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Trauma?
- /ˈtʁaʊ̯ma/
- [ˈtʁaʊ̯ma]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Trauma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Trauma in German?
Trauma appears 5.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).