Noun: sorg
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | sorg |
| Sg. Def. | sorgen |
| Pl. Indef. | sorger |
| Pl. Def. | sorgerna |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | sorgs |
| Sg. Def. | sorgens |
| Pl. Indef. | sorgers |
| Pl. Def. | sorgernas |
Sample Sentences
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Det var en djup sorg i hennes ögon (There was a deep sadness in her eyes)
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dränka sina sorger (drown one's sorrows [idiomatic])
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sorgen efter hans döda kanin (his mourning for his dead rabbit)
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sorg och saknad (grief and loss [grief and missing])
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svår sorg (severe grief)
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Jag beklagar sorgen (I am sorry for your loss [idiomatic])
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hantera sorg (cope with grief / deal with loss)
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Att tvingas stänga teatern är en stor sorg (Being forced to close the theater is a great sorrow)
Nouns inflected like sorg
kosovoalban,
olikformighet,
urinoar,
dödspatrull,
universitetsadjunkt,
villaförort,
urkraft,
knallpulverpistol,
bacillusk,
symbol,
synkop,
sydpol,
mikroorganism,
abiturient,
flykthastighet,
syrian,
rådjursjakt,
partikamrat,
skyttesoldat,
debutroman, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
sorg'.
Verbs referencing "sorg"
Dutch Nouns
zorg, Finnish Nouns
surku.
Translations