sorgsen

Swedish

en mops som ser sorgsen ut [a pug that looks sad]

Etymology

Related to sorg (“sorrow”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

sorgsen (comparative sorgsnare, superlative sorgsnast)

1. 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

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

Inflection of sorgsen

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	sorgsen	sorgsnare	sorgsnast
neuter singular	sorgset	sorgsnare	sorgsnast
plural	sorgsna	sorgsnare	sorgsnast
masculine plural2	sorgsne	sorgsnare	sorgsnast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	sorgsne	sorgsnare	sorgsnaste
all	sorgsna	sorgsnare	sorgsnaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• sorglig
• sorgsenhet
• sörja

See also

• dyster (“gloomy”)

References

• “sorgsen”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “sorgsen”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “sorgsen”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)