sorga

Icelandic

Noun

sorga

1. indefinite genitive plural of sorg

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsor.ɡa/, /ˈsɔr.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -orɡa, -ɔrɡa
• Hyphenation: sór‧ga, sòr‧ga

Verb

sorga

1. inflection of sorgere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• sargo

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• sorgen

Noun

sorga m or f

1. definite feminine singular of sorg

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sorga f

1. definite singular of sorg

Old Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

sorga f

1. worry

Declension

Declension of sorga

	Singular	Plural
nominative	sorga	{{{5}}}
accusative	sorga, sorge	{{{6}}}
genitive	sorgan	{{{7}}}
dative	sorgan	{{{8}}}

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: sorge, zorge, soorge
  • Dutch: zorg
    • Afrikaans: sorg
    • Negerhollands: sorg
    • Sranan Tongo: sorgu
      • → Caribbean Hindustani: sorgu
    • → Indonesian: rawat (semantic loan)

Further reading

• “sorga”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Noun

sorga

1. nominative plural of sorg
2. genitive plural of sorg

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sorgu, from Proto-Germanic *surgō (“worry, anxiety”). Akin to Old English sorg.

Noun

sorga f

1. worry
2. anxiety

Declension

Declension of sorga (feminine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	sorga	sorga
accusative	sorga	sorga
genitive	sorgō	sorganō
dative	sorgu	sorgum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: sorge
  • Low German: Sorge, Soarge, Suarge, Suare, Sōerje (all Westphalian)
  • Plautdietsch: Sorj