sorgsen

Swedish

Etymology

Related to sorg (“sorrow”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

sorgsen (comparative sorgsnare, superlative sorgsnast)

sad, feeling or expressing sorrow
Hon har blivit så sorgsen efter maken dog
She has been [become] so sad since [after] her husband died

Han såg på mig med en sorgsen blick
He looked at me with sad eyes [with a sad gaze]

Usage notes

More towards melancholic, gloomy, or "calm" sadness compared to ledsen. Someone sad and bawling because their cat just died is ledsen. Someone ruminating over the past with a sad look on their face or suffering from a light depression is sorgsen. Both words match English sad in tone, but with different intensity / immediacy.

Declension

Inflection of **sorgsen**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	sorgsen	sorgsnare	sorgsnast
neuter singular	sorgset	sorgsnare	sorgsnast
plural	sorgsna	sorgsnare	sorgsnast
masculine plural²	sorgsne	sorgsnare	sorgsnast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	sorgsne	sorgsnare	sorgsnaste
all	sorgsna	sorgsnare	sorgsnaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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