sorgsen
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Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]Related to sorg (“sorrow”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]sorgsen (comparative sorgsnare, superlative sorgsnast)
- sad, feeling or expressing sorrow
- Hon har blivit så sorgsen efter maken dog
- She has been [become] so sad since [after] her husband died
- Han såg på mig med en sorgsen blick
- He looked at me with sad eyes [with a sad gaze]
Usage notes
[edit]More towards melancholic, gloomy, or "calm" sadness compared to ledsen. Someone sad and bawling because their cat just died is ledsen. Someone ruminating over the past with a sad look on their face or suffering from a light depression is 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”)