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sorg

Pronunciation: /sɔrj/

“sorg” is a Swedish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. sorrow, sadness (usually due to loss or other misfortune, often someone's death)
  2. mourning, grief
  3. a sorrow (something causing sorrow)

Etymology

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

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