Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zorg (noun) and zorgen (verb).

Noun

sorg ‎(plural sorge)

1. care; worry

Verb

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

1. to care; to care for

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Danish sorg, sorrig, from Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- ‎(“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔrɡ/, [sɒˀw]

Noun

sorg c (singular definite sorgen, plural indefinite sorger)

1. sorrow, grief

Declension

References

• “sorg” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔɹk/

Etymology

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

Noun

sorg f (genitive singular sorgar, plural sorgir)

1. sorrow, grief

Declension

German

Verb

sorg

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

Usage notes

• sorg dich nicht! - don't worry!

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔrk/

  Rhymes: -ɔrk

Noun

sorg f ‎(genitive singular sorgar, nominative plural sorgir)

1. sorrow, grief
2. mourning

Declension

Derived terms

• sorgarbúningur
• sorgarlag
• sorgarsaga

Synonyms

• (sorrow): harmur, hryggð

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

sorg f, m ‎(definite singular sorga or sorgen, indefinite plural sorger, definite plural sorgene)

1. sorrow, grief, sadness

Related terms

• sørge

References

• “sorg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Noun

sorg f ‎(definite singular sorga, indefinite plural sorger, definite plural sorgene)

1. sorrow, grief, sadness

Related terms

• sørgja, sørgje

References

• “sorg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Noun

sorg f ‎(nominative plural sorga or sorge)

1. sorrow

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

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

sorg f

1. sorrow, grief

Descendants

References

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

Romanian

Sorg

Etymology

Borrowing from French sorgho, Italian sorgo.

Noun

sorg m ‎(uncountable)

1. sorghum (cereal)

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

sorg c

1. sorrow, grief

Declension

Derived terms

• sörja