"sorg" meaning in Swedish

See sorg in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sɔrj/ Audio: Sv-sorg.ogg
Etymology: From Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”). Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|sorg}} Old Norse sorg, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*surgō}} Proto-Germanic *surgō, {{der|sv|ine-pro|*swergʰ-||watch over, worry; be ill, suffer}} Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”) Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} sorg c, {{sv-noun|c}} sorg c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-er}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], sorg [indefinite, nominative, singular], sorgs [genitive, indefinite, singular], sorgen [definite, nominative, singular], sorgens [definite, genitive, singular], sorger [indefinite, nominative, plural], sorgers [genitive, indefinite, plural], sorgerna [definite, nominative, plural], sorgernas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. sorrow, sadness (usually due to loss or other misfortune, often someone's death) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-sorg-sv-noun-eCyvmPyK Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Emotions Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 36 36 29 Disambiguation of Emotions: 33 33 35
  2. sorrow, sadness (usually due to loss or other misfortune, often someone's death)
    mourning, grief
    Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-sorg-sv-noun-ejTQTBTU Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Emotions Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 36 36 29 Disambiguation of Emotions: 33 33 35
  3. a sorrow (something causing sorrow) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-sorg-sv-noun-X2XBfH3T Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Emotions Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 36 36 29 Disambiguation of Emotions: 33 33 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: sorglig, sorgsen, sörja, ledsen, lidande, saknad

Inflected forms

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    {
      "word": "glädje"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "*swergʰ-",
        "4": "",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”).",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-er",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sorg",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sorgs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sorgen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sorgens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sorger",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sorgerna",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
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        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "sorg c",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "sörja"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ledsen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lidande"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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          "english": "There was a deep sadness in her eyes",
          "text": "Det var en djup sorg i hennes ögon",
          "translation": "There was a deep sadness in her eyes",
          "type": "example"
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              12,
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              12,
              19
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          "english": "drown one's sorrows [idiomatic]",
          "text": "dränka sina sorger",
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          "english": "his mourning for his dead rabbit",
          "text": "sorgen efter hans döda kanin",
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              0,
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          "english": "grief and loss [grief and missing]",
          "text": "sorg och saknad",
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              13,
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              15,
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          "english": "I am sorry for your loss [idiomatic]",
          "text": "Jag beklagar sorgen",
          "translation": "I am sorry for your loss [idiomatic]",
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        },
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              8,
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              15
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "cope with grief / deal with loss",
          "text": "hantera sorg",
          "translation": "cope with grief / deal with loss",
          "type": "example"
        }
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            ]
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "Being forced to close the theater is a great sorrow",
          "text": "Att tvingas stänga teatern är en stor sorg",
          "translation": "Being forced to close the theater is a great sorrow",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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          "sorrow"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɔrj/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sorg"
}
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    }
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    "Pages with entries",
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    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish nouns",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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        "singular"
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    },
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "word": "sorgsen"
    },
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      "word": "sörja"
    },
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      "word": "ledsen"
    },
    {
      "word": "lidande"
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      "word": "saknad"
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          "english": "There was a deep sadness in her eyes",
          "text": "Det var en djup sorg i hennes ögon",
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          "english": "his mourning for his dead rabbit",
          "text": "sorgen efter hans döda kanin",
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          "english": "grief and loss [grief and missing]",
          "text": "sorg och saknad",
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          "english": "severe grief",
          "text": "svår sorg",
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          "english": "I am sorry for your loss [idiomatic]",
          "text": "Jag beklagar sorgen",
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          "english": "cope with grief / deal with loss",
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          "english": "Being forced to close the theater is a great sorrow",
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        "a sorrow (something causing sorrow)"
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        "common-gender"
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      "ipa": "/sɔrj/"
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  "word": "sorg"
}

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