sorgsen

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Swedish

en mops som ser sorgsen ut

Etymology

Related to sorg (sorrow).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

sorgsen (comparative sorgsnare, superlative sorgsnast)

  1. sad, feeling or expressing sorrow
    Hon har blivit så sorgsen efter maken dog
    She has been so sad since her husband died
    Han såg på mig med en sorgsen blick
    He looked at me with sad eyes

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 Superlative2
Common singular sorgsen sorgsnare sorgsnast
Neuter singular sorgset sorgsnare sorgsnast
Plural sorgsna sorgsnare sorgsnast
Masculine plural3 sorgsne sorgsnare sorgsnast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 sorgsne sorgsnare sorgsnaste
All sorgsna sorgsnare sorgsnaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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