Nomen

der/die Verletzte

Translation

injured person, casualty, the wounded

Der Arzt hilft dem Verletzten.

The doctor helps the injured person.

Die Verletzten kamen ins Krankenhaus.

The injured were taken to the hospital.

masculine noun (weak declension) masculine noun (weak declension). The doctor helps the injured man (dem Verletzten).

feminine noun (weak declension) feminine noun (weak declension). The paramedic spoke with the injured woman (der Verletzten).

plural noun (weak declension) plural noun (weak declension). There were many injured people (viele Verletzte) in the accident.

Synonyms: the casualty, the victim, the wounded

A nominalized adjective, from "verletzt" (injured). It literally means "the injured one(s)".

Remember that in German, adjectives can be turned into nouns by capitalizing them and adding an article and the correct ending.