Hurting in German – Basic Vocabulary
Hello everyone, And welcome to your German Word of the Day. Although, the title doesn’t really fit. The better title would be “Vocabulary Roundup”. Usually, we look at a German word and its family and explore that, but it can also be quite helpful to take an English word or a “theme” and explore the different ways to express it in German. That’s what we’ll do today, and the field we’ll explore is what you need to talk about your experience with German learning: Hurting and Pain in German Nah, I’m kidding of course. I hope your German learning experience isn’t that bad. But yeah, hurting and pain is a useful area of language to know, and besides some must-have vocabulary, there are also some really cool surprise family reveals waiting for us. So if you’re ready, let’s jump right in. *** And we’ll start with the most important bit, which are the three ways to translate to hurt in German. Because German, also know as the Distinguisher, distinguishes between the following three types: hurting as injuring hurting as giving pain hurting as damaging And you know what it means when German distinguishes between things … different word for each … <a href="https://yourdailygerman.com/meaning/schmerz/">Dive in <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a> <a href="https://yourdailygerman.com/meaning/schmerz/">Dive in <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
Vocab: verletzen, Verletzung, verletzend, wehtun, der Schmerz, die Kopfschmerztablette
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