Sorge

Meaning

  1. (feminine) concern, care, responsibility, aid
  2. (feminine) concern, worry, apprehension, trouble, distress

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

soorg

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈzɔr.ɡə/
Etymology

From Middle High German sorge (“sorrow; worry; care”), from Old High German sorga, sworga (“sorrow; worry”), from Proto-West Germanic *sorgu, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”). Cognate with Hunsrik Sorrich, Dutch zorg, English sorrow, Danish sorg.

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