noun
injury, violation
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'Verletzung' = injury or violation. Feminine noun (die Verletzung), plural 'Verletzungen'. Used for physical harm (suffer an injury) and for breaches of rules or rights (a violation). Common collocations: 'eine Verletzung erleiden' (to suffer) or 'eine Verletzung begehen' (to commit). Regular plural.
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Ich habe eine Verletzung.
I have an injury.
Die Verletzung der Regeln kann zu einer Strafe führen.
The violation of the rules can lead to a penalty.
Der Spieler erlitt eine Verletzung, die so schwer war, dass das Spiel abgesagt wurde.
The player suffered an injury that was so severe that the game was canceled.
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imagine a scraped knee or a bandage to recall an injury.
sounds like 'verlet-zoong' — think 'hurt' (verletzen = to injure).
die = feminine; many abstract nouns ending in -ung are feminine.
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Can mean physical injury or breach/violation (e.g., rights, rules). The -ung ending makes it a feminine noun.