sorge

See also: Sorge and sørge

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔʁɡə/

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Verb

sorge

1. inflection of sorgen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsor.d͡ʒe/, /ˈsɔr.d͡ʒe/
• Rhymes: -ordʒe, -ɔrdʒe
• Hyphenation: sór‧ge, sòr‧ge

Verb

sorge

1. third-person singular present indicative of sorgere

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• zorge, soorge

Etymology

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

Noun

sorge f

1. care
2. concern; worry

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: zorg
  • Afrikaans: sorg
  • Negerhollands: sorg
  • Sranan Tongo: sorgu
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: sorgu
  • → Indonesian: rawat (semantic loan)

Further reading

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “sorge”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page sorge