sorge

See also: Sorge and sørge

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔʁɡə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

sorge

1. inflection of sorgen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsor.d͡ʒe/, /ˈsɔr.d͡ʒe/
• Rhymes: -ordʒe, -ɔrdʒe
• Hyphenation: sór‧ge, sòr‧ge

Verb

sorge

1. third-person singular present indicative of sorgere

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• zorge, soorge

Etymology

From Old Dutch sorga, from Proto-West Germanic *sorgu, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”).

Noun

sorge f

1. care
2. concern; worry

Inflection

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	sorge	sorgen
accusative	sorge	sorgen
genitive	sorge, sorgen	sorgen
dative	sorge, sorgen	sorgen

Descendants

• Dutch: zorg
  • Afrikaans: sorg
  • Negerhollands: sorg
  • Sranan Tongo: sorgu
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: sorgu
  • → Indonesian: rawat (semantic loan)

Further reading

• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “sorge”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page sorge

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsor.ɡe/, [ˈsorˠ.ɣe]

Noun

sorge

1. inflection of sorg:
   1. nominative plural
   2. accusative singular/plural
   3. genitive/dative singular