sorg

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See also: Sorg and sørg

Afrikaans[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Dutch zorg.

Noun[edit]

sorg (plural sorge)

  1. care; worry; concern

Etymology 2[edit]

From Dutch zorgen.

Verb[edit]

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

  1. to care; to care for
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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)

  1. sorrow, grief

Declension[edit]

Declension of sorg
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sorg sorgen sorger sorgerne
genitive sorgs sorgens sorgers sorgernes

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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)

  1. sorrow, grief

Declension[edit]

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

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

sorg

  1. imperative singular of sorgen (‘to worry’, ‘to care’)

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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)

  1. sorrow, grief
  2. mourning

Declension[edit]

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

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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)

  1. sorrow, grief, sadness

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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)

  1. sorrow, grief, sadness

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Old English[edit]

Alternative forms[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

  1. worry, anxiety
  2. sorrow, grief

Declension[edit]

Declension of sorg (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sorg sorga, sorge
accusative sorge sorga, sorge
genitive sorge sorga
dative sorge sorgum

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle English: sorȝe, sorwe, sorow

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)

  1. sorrow, grief

Declension[edit]

  Declension of sorg (strong i-stem)
feminine 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

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • “sorg”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Romanian[edit]

Sorg

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French sorgho, Italian sorgo.

Noun[edit]

sorg m (uncountable)

  1. sorghum (cereal)

Declension[edit]

declension of sorg (singular only)
singular
m gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) sorg sorgul
genitive/dative (unui) sorg sorgului
vocative sorgule


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]

Noun[edit]

sorg c

  1. sorrow, grief

Declension[edit]

Declension of sorg 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sorg sorgen sorger sorgerna
Genitive sorgs sorgens sorgers sorgernas

Derived terms[edit]

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