sørge
Danish
/sœrɣə/, /sœrə/
verb
Definitions
- to grieve, mourn, lament
- in the expression sørge for: to take care of, look after, make sure
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse syrgja inherited from Proto-Germanic *surgijaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*surgijaną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- besorrow English
- oversorrow English
- seeksorrow English
- sorrow English
- sorrow-ridden English
- sorrower English
- sorrowest English
- sorroweth English
- sorrowful English
- sorrowless English
- sorrowly English
- sorrowsome English
- sorrowy English
- besorgen German
- entsorgen German
- sorgen German
- umsorgen German
- versorgen German
- sørge Norwegian Bokmål
- *surgijaną Proto-Germanic
- försörja Swedish
- sörja Swedish
- sørge Norwegian Nynorsk
- sorow Middle English
- syrgja Old Norse
- besørge Danish
- forsørge Danish
- forsørger Danish
- sørgelig Danish
- zorgi Esperanto
- syrgja Icelandic
- syrghia Old Swedish
- besørge Old Danish