sorg

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Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Noun

sorg (plural sorge)

1. care; worry

Verb

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

1. to care; to care for

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Danish

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔrɡ/, [sɒˀw]

Noun

sorg c (singular definite sorgen, plural indefinite sorger)

1. sorrow, grief

Declension

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

Verb

sorg

1. imperative singular form 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, m (definite singular sorga or sorgen, indefinite plural sorger, definite plural sorgene)

1. sorrow, grief, sadness

Derived terms

• landesorg
• 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

Related terms

• sørgja, sørgje

References

• “sorg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old English

Etymology

Variant of sorh.

Noun

sorg f (nominative plural sorga or sorge)

1. sorrow

Declension

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 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

1. sorrow, grief

Descendants

• Icelandic: sorg
• Faroese: sorg
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: sorg

  Norwegian Nynorsk: 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

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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

• sörja