sorg

See also: Sorg and sørg

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔrχ/

Etymology 1

From Dutch zorg.

Noun

sorg (plural sorge)

1. care; worry

Etymology 2

From Dutch zorgen.

Verb

sorg (present sorg, present participle sorgende, past participle gesorg)

1. to care; to care for

Alternative forms

• sorre (obsolete)

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Danish

Etymology

Older also sorrig, from Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔrˀɣ/, [ˈsɒˀw], [ˈsɒwˀ]
• Homophone: sov

Noun

sorg c (singular definite sorgen, plural indefinite sorger)

1. sorrow, grief

Inflection

Declension of sorg

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sorg	sorgen	sorger	sorgerne
genitive	sorgs	sorgens	sorgers	sorgernes

References

• “sorg” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔɹk/

Noun

sorg f (genitive singular sorgar, plural sorgir)

1. sorrow, grief

Declension

Declension of sorg
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

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

sorg

1. imperative singular of sorgen (‘to worry’, ‘to care’)

Usage notes

• sorg dich nicht! - don't worry!

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔrk/

  Rhymes: -ɔrk

Noun

sorg f (genitive singular sorgar, nominative plural sorgir)

1. sorrow, grief
2. mourning

Declension

declension of sorg

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sorg	sorgin	sorgir	sorgirnar
accusative	sorg	sorgina	sorgir	sorgirnar
dative	sorg	sorginni	sorgum	sorgunum
genitive	sorgar	sorgarinnar	sorga	sorganna

Synonyms

• (sorrow): harmur, hryggð

Derived terms

• sorgarbúningur
• sorgarlag
• sorgarsaga

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”).

Noun

sorg f or m (definite singular sorga or sorgen, indefinite plural sorger, definite plural sorgene)

1. sorrow, grief, sadness

Derived terms

• landesorg
• omsorg
• sorgløs

Related terms

• sørge

References

• “sorg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”). Akin to sorrow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔrɡ/

Noun

sorg f (definite singular sorga, indefinite plural sorger, definite plural sorgene)

1. sorrow, grief, sadness

Derived terms

• landesorg
• omsorg

Related terms

• sørgja, sørgje

References

• “sorg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old English

Alternative forms

• sorh

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sorgu, from Proto-Germanic *surgō.

Cognate with Old Frisian sorge, Old Saxon sorga, Old Dutch sorga, Old High German sorga, Old Norse sorg, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌰 (saurga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sorɡ/, [sorˠɣ]

Noun

sorg f

1. worry, anxiety
2. sorrow, grief

Declension

Declension of sorg (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sorg	sorga, sorge
accusative	sorge	sorga, sorge
genitive	sorge	sorga
dative	sorge	sorgum

Derived terms

• sorgful
• sorgian
• sorglēas
• orsorg

Descendants

• Middle English: sorȝe, sorwe, sorow
  • English: sorrow
  • Scots: sorow

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Old Norse

Etymology

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).

Noun

sorg f (genitive sorgar, plural sorgir)

1. sorrow, grief

Declension

  Declension of sorg (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sorg	sorgin	sorgir	sorgirnar
accusative	sorg	sorgina	sorgir	sorgirnar
dative	sorg	sorginni	sorgum	sorgunum
genitive	sorgar	sorgarinnar	sorga	sorganna

Descendants

• Icelandic: sorg
• Faroese: sorg
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sorg
• Norwegian Bokmål: sorg
• Old Swedish: sorgh
  • Swedish: sorg
• Danish: sorg

References

• “sorg”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Romanian

Sorg

Etymology

Borrowed from French sorgho, Italian sorgo.

Noun

sorg m (uncountable)

1. sorghum (cereal)

Declension

declension of sorg (singular only)

	singular
m gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) sorg	sorgul
genitive/dative	(unui) sorg	sorgului
vocative	sorgule

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”).

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /sɔrj/

Noun

sorg c

1. sorrow, grief

Declension

Declension of sorg
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sorg	sorgen	sorger	sorgerna
Genitive	sorgs	sorgens	sorgers	sorgernas

Derived terms

• sorglig
• sörja