sorgsen

Swedish

Etymology

Related to sorg (“sorrow”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

sorgsen (comparative sorgsnare, superlative sorgsnast)

1. sad, feeling or expressing sorrow

Usage notes

More towards a melancholic, gloomy, or "calm" kind of sadness compared to ledsen. Someone sad and bawling because their cat just died or the like would be ledsen. Someone ruminating over the past with a sad look on their face or suffering from a light depression would be sorgsen. Both words match English sad in tone, but with different intensity/immediacy.

Declension

Inflection of sorgsen
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	sorgsen	sorgsnare	sorgsnast
Neuter singular	sorgset	sorgsnare	sorgsnast
Plural	sorgsna	sorgsnare	sorgsnast
Masculine plural3	sorgsne	sorgsnare	sorgsnast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	sorgsne	sorgsnare	sorgsnaste
All	sorgsna	sorgsnare	sorgsnaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Related terms

• sorglig
• sörja

See also

• dyster (“gloomy”)

References

• sorgsen in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sorgsen in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sorgsen in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)