zorg

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɔrx/
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  • Hyphenation: zorg
  • Rhymes: -ɔrx

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

zorg f (plural zorgen, diminutive zorgje n)

  1. care
  2. concern; worry
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: sorg
  • Negerhollands: sorg
  • Caribbean Hindustani: sorgu
  • Indonesian: rawat (semantic loan)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

zorg

  1. inflection of zorgen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative
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