🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

verletzlich

Pronunciation / Transliteration: verletzlich

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Vulnerable/ˈvʌlnərəbəl/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Alte Menschen sind oft verletzlicher."

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1 sense
As adjective
  1. 1

    Susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm.

    "Elderly people are particularly vulnerable to the disease."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English (in the sense 'wounded'): from medieval Latin vulnerabilis, from Latin vulnerare 'to wound', from vulnus 'wound'.

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