Sorge

From Middle High German sorge (“sorrow; worry; care”), from Old High German sorga, sworga (“sorrow; worry”), from Proto-West Germanic *sorgu, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”).

Cognate with Hunsrik Sorrich, Dutch zorg, English sorrow, Danish sorg.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔr.ɡə/, [ˈzɔʁ.ɡə], [ˈzɔɐ̯-], [ˈzɔː-]
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔr.ɡɛ/ (Austria)

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Sorge f (genitive Sorge, plural Sorgen, diminutive Sörgelchen n or Sörglein n)

1. concern, care, responsibility, aid

   Synonyms: Fürsorge, Betreuung, Verantwortung, Unterstützung

   Wir müssen selbstverständlich dafür Sorge tragen, dass die Produkte für die Verbraucher risikofrei sind.

   Naturally we need to take responsibility so that products are free of risk to the consumer.

2. concern, worry, apprehension, trouble, distress

   Synonyms: Besorgnis, Befürchtung, Beunruhigung, Unruhe, Kummer

   Meine Sorge ist, dass es immer schlimmer wird.

   My concern is that it will all get worse and worse.

   Für heute will ich all meine Sorgen vergessen.

   For today I want to forget all my worries.

• “Sorge” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Sorge” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Sorge” in Duden online
• Sorge on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

From the italianization of the Sicilian surname Surgi, derived from surgi (“mouse”), dialectal variant of surci. Cognate with Sardinian Suergiu.

Sorge m or f by sense

1. a surname