sorgsen
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Related to sorg (“sorrow”).
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
sorgsen (comparative sorgsnare, superlative sorgsnast)
Usage notes edit
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 edit
| 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 edit
See also edit
- dyster (“gloomy”)