sorg
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AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch zorg (noun) and zorgen (verb).
NounEdit
sorg (plural sorge)
VerbEdit
sorg (present sorg, present participle sorgende, past participle gesorg)
- to care; to care for
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Danish sorg, sorrig, from Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sorg c (singular definite sorgen, plural indefinite sorger)
DeclensionEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “sorg” in Den Danske Ordbog
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sorg f (genitive singular sorgar, plural sorgir)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of sorg | ||||
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f2 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | sorg | sorgin | sorgir | sorgirnar |
accusative | sorg | sorgina | sorgir | sorgirnar |
dative | sorg | sorgini | sorgum | sorgunum |
genitive | sorgar | sorgarinnar | sorga | sorganna |
GermanEdit
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sorg f (genitive singular sorgar, nominative plural sorgir)
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”).
NounEdit
sorg f, m (definite singular sorga or sorgen, indefinite plural sorger, definite plural sorgene)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “sorg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”). Akin to sorrow
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sorg f (definite singular sorga, indefinite plural sorger, definite plural sorgene)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “sorg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Variant of sorh.
NounEdit
sorg f (nominative plural sorga or sorge)
DeclensionEdit
Old NorseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *surgō, from Proto-Indo-European *surgh- (“worry, care, be sick”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”). Compare Old English sorh, sorg, Old Frisian sorge, Old Saxon sorga, Old High German sworga, sorga, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌰 (saurga).
NounEdit
sorg f
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- sorg in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French sorgho, Italian sorgo.
NounEdit
sorg m (uncountable)
- sorghum (cereal)
DeclensionEdit
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”).
PronunciationEdit
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NounEdit
sorg c
DeclensionEdit
Declension of sorg | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sorg | sorgen | sorger | sorgerna |
Genitive | sorgs | sorgens | sorgers | sorgernas |