# sorg
## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɔrχ/

### Etymology 1

From Dutch zorg.

#### Noun

sorg (plural sorge)
* care; worry; concern

### Etymology 2

From Dutch zorgen.

#### Verb

sorg (present sorg, present participle sorgende, past participle gesorg)
* to care; to care for

##### Alternative forms

* sorre (obsolete)

## Danish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɔrˀɣ/, [ˈsɒˀw], [ˈsɒwˀ]
* Homophone: sov

### Noun

sorg c (singular definite sorgen, plural indefinite sorger)
* sorrow, grief

#### Declension
### References

* “sorg” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Faroese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɔɹk/

### Noun

sorg f (genitive singular sorgar, plural sorgir)
* sorrow, grief

#### Declension
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

sorg
* imperative singular 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: /sɔrk/
    Rhymes: -ɔrk

### Noun

sorg f (genitive singular sorgar, nominative plural sorgir)
* sorrow, grief
    Synonyms: harmur, hryggð
* mourning

#### Derived terms

* sorgarbúningur
* sorgarlag
* sorgarsaga

## 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 or m (definite singular sorga or sorgen, indefinite plural sorger, definite plural sorgene)
* sorrow, grief, sadness

#### Derived terms

* landesorg
* omsorg
* sorgløs
* ta sorgene på forskudd

#### 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”). Akin to sorrow.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɔrɡ/

### Noun

sorg f (definite singular sorga, indefinite plural sorger, definite plural sorgene)
* sorrow, grief, sadness

#### Derived terms

* landesorg
* omsorg
* ta sorgene på forskot

#### Related terms

* sørgja, sørgje, syrgja, syrgje ("to mourn, take care")

### References

* “sorg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* sorh

### Etymology

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

* IPA: /sorɡ/, [sorˠɣ]

### Noun

sorg f
* worry, anxiety
* sorrow, grief
** 10th century, The Wanderer:oþþe mec frēondlēasne · frēfran wolde, wēman mid wynnum. · Wāt sē þe cunnað, hū slīþen bið · sorg tō ġefēran, þām þe him lȳt hafað · lēofra ġeholena.or friendless me would soothe, allure with glees. Knows the one who undergoes, how tough is sorrow as a companion, to whom little has dear confidants for himself.

#### Declension

Strong ō-stem:

#### Derived terms

* sorgful
* sorgian
* sorglēas
* orsorg

#### Descendants

* Middle English: sorȝe, sorwe, sorow
** English: sorrow
** Scots: sorow

## 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 (genitive sorgar, plural sorgir)
* sorrow, grief

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: sorg
* Faroese: sorg
* Norwegian Nynorsk: sorg
* Norwegian Bokmål: sorg
* Old Swedish: sorgh
** Swedish: sorg
* Danish: sorg

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sorg”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French sorgho, Italian sorgo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sorɡ/

### Noun

sorg m (uncountable)
* 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

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /sɔrj/

### Noun

sorg c
* sorrow, sadness (usually due to loss or other misfortune, often someone's death)
    Det var en djup sorg i hennes ögonThere was a deep sadness in her eyes
    dränka sina sorgerdrown one's sorrows [idiomatic]
** mourning, grief
    sorgen efter hans döda kaninhis mourning for his dead rabbit
    sorg och saknadgrief and loss [grief and missing]
    svår sorgsevere grief
    Jag beklagar sorgenI am sorry for your loss [idiomatic]
    hantera sorgcope with grief / deal with loss
* a sorrow (something causing sorrow)
    Att tvingas stänga teatern är en stor sorgBeing forced to close the theater is a great sorrow

#### Antonyms

* glädje

#### Related terms

* sorglig
* sorgsen
* sörja

#### See also

* ledsen
* lidande
* saknad

### References

* sorg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* sorg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* sorg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)