Sorge

See also: sorge and sørge

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sorge (“sorrow; worry; care”), from Old High German sorga, sworga (“sorrow; worry”), from Proto-West Germanic *sorgu, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”).

Cognate with Hunsrik Sorrich, Dutch zorg, English sorrow, Danish sorg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔr.ɡə/, [ˈzɔʁ.ɡə], [ˈzɔɐ̯-], [ˈzɔː-]
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔr.ɡɛ/ (Austria)

• Audio:

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Noun

Sorge f (genitive Sorge, plural Sorgen, diminutive Sörgelchen n or Sörglein n)

1. concern, care, responsibility, aid

   Synonyms: Fürsorge, Betreuung, Verantwortung, Unterstützung

   Wir müssen selbstverständlich dafür Sorge tragen, dass die Produkte für die Verbraucher risikofrei sind.

   Naturally we need to take responsibility so that products are free of risk to the consumer.

2. concern, worry, apprehension, trouble, distress

   Synonyms: Besorgnis, Befürchtung, Beunruhigung, Unruhe, Kummer

   Meine Sorge ist, dass es immer schlimmer wird.

   My concern is that it will all get worse and worse.

   Für heute will ich all meine Sorgen vergessen.

   For today I want to forget all my worries.

Declension

Declension of Sorge [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Sorge	die	Sorgen
genitive	einer	der	Sorge	der	Sorgen
dative	einer	der	Sorge	den	Sorgen
accusative	eine	die	Sorge	die	Sorgen

Related terms

• sorgen
• sorgenfrei
• sorgenlos
• Sorgerecht
• sorglos
• sorgsam
• Fürsorge

Further reading

• “Sorge” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Sorge” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Sorge” in Duden online
• Sorge on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Italian

Etymology

From the italianization of the Sicilian surname Surgi, derived from surgi (“mouse”), dialectal variant of surci. Cognate with Sardinian Suergiu.

Proper noun

Sorge m or f by sense

1. a surname