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Sorge.

concern, care, responsibility, aid

5 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈzɔr.ɡə/[ˈzɔʁ.ɡə][ˈzɔɐ̯-][ˈzɔː-]Germany
  1. concern, care, responsibility, aid

    feminine
    Wir müssen selbstverständlich dafür Sorge tragen, dass die Produkte für die Verbraucher risikofrei sind.
  2. concern, worry, apprehension, trouble, distress

    feminine
    Meine Sorge ist, dass es immer schlimmer wird.
    Für heute will ich all meine Sorgen vergessen.
Where this word comes from

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.

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