sörja
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Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]sörja c
- (countable, uncountable) sludge (wet, messy substance)
- (figuratively) a mess, a mush, a muddle
- Filmen är en sörja av dåligt skådespeleri, taskigt manus och dåliga specialeffekter
- The movie is a mush [sludge] of bad acting, poor scriptwriting [script], and bad special effects
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | sörja | sörjas |
| definite | sörjan | sörjans | |
| plural | indefinite | sörjor | sörjors |
| definite | sörjorna | sörjornas |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Swedish syrghia, from Old Norse syrgja, from Proto-Germanic *surgijaną.
Verb
[edit]sörja (present sörjer, preterite sörjde, supine sörjt, imperative sörj)
- to grieve, to mourn (usually someone's death)
- Han sörjde sin döda kanin
- He mourned his dead rabbit
- Hon sörjde djupt efter makens bortgång
- She grieved deeply after her husband's passing
- (sörja för) to ensure; to take care of
- Andas ej in ångorna och sörj för god ventilation.
- Do not inhale the fumes and ensure good ventilation.
- Föräldrar ska sörja för barnens trygghet.
- Parents must [shall] ensure the safety of their children.
- sörja för någons behov
- provide for / care for someone's needs
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | sörja | sörjas | ||
| supine | sörjt | sörjts | ||
| imperative | sörj | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | sörjen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | sörjer | sörjde | sörjs, sörjes | sörjdes |
| ind. plural1 | sörja | sörjde | sörjas | sörjdes |
| subjunctive2 | sörje | sörjde | sörjes | sörjdes |
| present participle | sörjande | |||
| past participle | sörjd | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- “sörja”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “sörja”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “sörja”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- sörja in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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