zorg
Meaning
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- (feminine) care
- (feminine) concern; worry
- (feminine) healthcare, healthcare sector, healthcare services
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/zɔrx/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch sorge, sorghe, surghe, 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”). Compare German Sorge, West Frisian soarch, English sorrow, Danish sorg, Swedish sorg.
New
zorgen
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to make sure, to ensure
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