sorg

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AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch zorg (noun) and zorgen (verb).

NounEdit

sorg (plural sorge)

1. care; worry

VerbEdit

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

1. to care; to care for

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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

• IPA^(key): /sɔrɡ/, [sɒˀw]

NounEdit

sorg c (singular definite sorgen, plural indefinite sorger)

1. sorrow, grief

DeclensionEdit

Declension of sorg

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

ReferencesEdit

• “sorg” in Den Danske Ordbog

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FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /sɔɹk/

NounEdit

sorg f (genitive singular sorgar, plural sorgir)

1. sorrow, grief

DeclensionEdit

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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GermanEdit

VerbEdit

sorg

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

Usage notesEdit

• sorg dich nicht! - don't worry!

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IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /sɔrk/

  Rhymes: -ɔrk

NounEdit

sorg f (genitive singular sorgar, nominative plural sorgir)

1. sorrow, grief
2. mourning

DeclensionEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

• (sorrow): harmur, hryggð

Derived termsEdit

• sorgarbúningur
• sorgarlag
• sorgarsaga

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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)

1. sorrow, grief, sadness

Derived termsEdit

• landesorg

Related termsEdit

• sørge

ReferencesEdit

• “sorg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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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

• IPA^(key): /sɔrɡ/

NounEdit

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

1. sorrow, grief, sadness

Derived termsEdit

• landesorg

Related termsEdit

• sørgja, sørgje

ReferencesEdit

• “sorg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Variant of sorh.

NounEdit

sorg f (nominative plural sorga or sorge)

1. sorrow

DeclensionEdit

Declension of sorg (strong ō-stem)

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

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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

1. sorrow, grief

DescendantsEdit

• Icelandic: sorg
• Faroese: sorg
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: sorg

  Norwegian Nynorsk: sorg

• Old Swedish: sorgh
  • Swedish: sorg
• Danish: sorg

ReferencesEdit

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

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RomanianEdit

Sorg

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French sorgho, Italian sorgo.

NounEdit

sorg m (uncountable)

1. sorghum (cereal)

DeclensionEdit

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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SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• audio

  (file)

NounEdit

sorg c

1. sorrow, grief

DeclensionEdit

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

Derived termsEdit

• sörja