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Schmerz

noun · /ʃmɛʁts/ ·
Etymology

From Middle High German smerze m or f, from Old High German smerza f, smerzo m, from Proto-West Germanic *smertan. Cognate with English smart and Dutch smart.

Translation

  1. physical pain, ache (practically, as a sensation) in-plural, masculine, mixed

    Haben Sie Schmerzen?

    Do you feel pain?

    Das waren die schlimmsten Schmerzen, die ich je erlebt habe.

    That was the worst pain I have ever felt.

  2. physical pain (theoretically, as a bodily mechanism or function) masculine, mixed, singular

    Schmerz ist ein Alarmsignal des Körpers.

    Pain is an emergency signal of the body.

    Konditionierung durch Schmerz

    conditioning by pain

  3. emotional pain, sorrow, heartache masculine, mixed, singular

    Man lebt weiter, aber der Schmerz bleibt.

    One lives on, but the pain remains.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Schmerz Schmerzen
Accusative Schmerz Schmerzen
Dative Schmerz Schmerzen
Genitive Schmerzes Schmerzen