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 *sworga, *sorga, 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)

care
concern, worry

Derived terms

gezondheidszorg
maak je geen zorgen
mantelzorg
voorzorg

zorgeloos
zorgfonds
zorgverlener

Descendants

Afrikaans: sorg

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

zorg

first-person singular present indicative of zorgen
imperative of zorgen