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Verletzung

injury

noun fer-LET-sung Less Common
Body & Health Health & Illness

Also means

violation

Usage Note

Verletzung comes from verletzen ('to injure, hurt') and means both a bodily injury and the breach of a rule or right, as in Verletzung der Privatsphäre ('violation of privacy'). The abstract sense is very common in legal and ethical contexts.

Examples

"Die Verletzung war nicht schlimm."

Natural Translation

The injury was not serious.

Literal Translation

The injury was not bad.

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