sorg
Afrikaans
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]sorg (plural sorge)
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]sorg (present sorg, present participle sorgende, past participle gesorg)
Alternative forms
[edit]- sorre (obsolete)
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Older also sorrig, from Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sorg c (singular definite sorgen, plural indefinite sorger)
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- “sorg” in Den Danske Ordbog
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sorg f (genitive singular sorgar, plural sorgir)
Declension
[edit]Declension of sorg | ||||
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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 |
German
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Verb
[edit]sorg
- imperative singular of sorgen (‘to worry’, ‘to care’)
Usage notes
[edit]Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sorg f (genitive singular sorgar, nominative plural sorgir)
Declension
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[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”).
Noun
[edit]sorg f or m (definite singular sorga or sorgen, indefinite plural sorger, definite plural sorgene)
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- “sorg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”). Akin to sorrow.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sorg f (definite singular sorga, indefinite plural sorger, definite plural sorgene)
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- “sorg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *sorgu, from Proto-Germanic *surgō.
Cognate with Old Frisian sorge, Old Saxon sorga, Old Dutch sorga, Old High German sorga, Old Norse sorg, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌰 (saurga).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sorg f
- worry, anxiety
- sorrow, grief
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
- oþþe mec frēondlēasne · frēfran wolde,
wēman mid wynnum. · Wāt sē þe cunnað,
hū slīþen bið · sorg tō ġefēran,
þām þe him lȳt hafað · lēofra ġeholena.- or friendless me would soothe,
allure with glees. Knows the one who undergoes,
how tough is sorrow as a companion,
to whom little has dear confidants for himself.
- or friendless me would soothe,
Declension
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[edit]Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]sorg f (genitive sorgar, plural sorgir)
Declension
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: sorg
- Faroese: sorg
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sorg
- Norwegian Bokmål: sorg
- Old Swedish: sorgh
- Swedish: sorg
- Danish: sorg
References
[edit]- “sorg”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Romanian
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Sorghum_bicolor_Bild0902.jpg/220px-Sorghum_bicolor_Bild0902.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French sorgho, Italian sorgo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sorg m (uncountable)
- sorghum (cereal)
Declension
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]sorg c
- sorrow, sadness (usually due to loss or other misfortune, often someone's death)
- Det var en djup sorg i hennes ögon
- There was a deep sadness in her eyes
- dränka sina sorger
- drown one's sorrows [idiomatic]
- a sorrow (something causing sorrow)
- Att tvingas stänga teatern är en stor sorg
- Being forced to close the theater is a great sorrow
Declension
[edit]Declension of sorg | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sorg | sorgen | sorger | sorgerna |
Genitive | sorgs | sorgens | sorgers | sorgernas |
Derived terms
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