Sorge
German (Berlin)
/ˈzɔr.ɡə/
noun
Definitions
- concern, worry, apprehension, trouble, uneasiness, anxiety
- care, aid
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German sorge (sorrow, care, worry) inherited from Old High German sorga inherited from *sorgu inherited from Proto-Germanic *surgō (worry, anxiety) derived from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (be ill, suffer, worry, watch over).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swergʰ-
Gloss
be ill, suffer, worry, watch over
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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
- surku Finnish
- Recht German
- Sorgerecht German
- Vorsorge German
- sorgenfrei German
- sorgenlos German
- sorgsam German
- broedzorg Dutch, Flemish
- geldzorg Dutch, Flemish
- gezondheidszorg Dutch, Flemish
- kinderzorg Dutch, Flemish
- kraamzorg Dutch, Flemish
- mantelzorg Dutch, Flemish
- nazorg Dutch, Flemish
- ouderenzorg Dutch, Flemish
- patiëntenzorg Dutch, Flemish
- pleegzorg Dutch, Flemish
- voorzorg Dutch, Flemish
- zorg Dutch, Flemish
- zorgboerderij Dutch, Flemish
- zorgeloos Dutch, Flemish
- zorgen Dutch, Flemish
- zorgenkind Dutch, Flemish
- zorgmijder Dutch, Flemish
- zorgpremie Dutch, Flemish
- zorgverlener Dutch, Flemish
- zorgverzekeraar Dutch, Flemish
- zorgverzekering Dutch, Flemish
- zorgvuldig Dutch, Flemish
- zorgwekkend Dutch, Flemish
- zorgzaam Dutch, Flemish
- ἄλγος Ancient Greek
- *surgh- Proto-Indo-European
- *swergʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *surgō Proto-Germanic
- sorg Old English
- sorow Middle English
- sorg Old Norse
- omsorg Danish
- sorg Danish
- sorgfri Danish
- sorgløs Danish
- sorge Middle Dutch
- sorga Old High German
- sorg Afrikaans
- sorge Middle High German
- Suerg Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌰 Gothic
- *sorgu gmw-pro
- *sworga Old Dutch
- *swergos Proto-Celtic
- sorga Old Saxon
- soarch Western Frisian
- soargje Western Frisian
- sorge Old Frisian