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sörja

mourn, lament

sörja as a verb

Meaning

mourn; lament

In Swedish: känna sorg över

Conjugation

Conjugation of sörja (mourn)
Infinitive	att sörja	to mourn
Present	sörjer	jag sörjer
Past	sörjde	jag sörjde
Supine	sörjt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har sörjt	jag har sörjt
Past perfect	hade sörjt	jag hade sörjt
Future	ska sörja	or: kommer att sörja
Conditional	skulle sörja	jag skulle sörja
Imperative	sörj!	a command
Present participle	sörjande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	sörjd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of sörja
Infinitive	sörjas
Present	sörjs
Past	sörjdes
Supine	sörjts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use sörjer. See the four verb groups explained.

sörja as a noun(en sörja)

Meaning

slush; mud; sludge

In Swedish: smutsigt slask

Forms

Forms of sörja
Singular, indefinite	en sörja
Singular, definite	sörjan
Plural, indefinite	sörjor
Plural, definite	sörjorna

sörja is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor sörja, den stora sörjan. Check another noun

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sörja in a sentence

kvinnan sörjde sin döde son
the woman mourned her dead son
Han sörjde sin döda kanin
He mourned his dead rabbit
Hon sörjde djupt efter makens bortgång
She grieved deeply after her husband's passing
Andas ej in ångorna och sörj för god ventilation.
Do not inhale the fumes and ensure good ventilation.
Föräldrar ska sörja för barnens trygghet.
Parents must [shall] ensure the safety of their children.
sörja för någons behov
provide for / care for someone's needs
Grusvägen var en enda sörja efter regnet
The dirt road was a muddy mess after the rain
en sörja av blod och inälvor
a mess of blood and guts
Filmen är en sörja av dåligt skådespeleri, taskigt manus och dåliga specialeffekter
The movie is a mush [sludge] of bad acting, poor scriptwriting [script], and bad special effects

Words built with sörja

snösörja slush

Questions

What does sörja mean in English?

sörja means “mourn, lament”.

Is it en sörja or ett sörja?

It is en sörja, and “the slush” is sörjan.

What is the plural of sörja?

The plural of sörja is sörjor, and the definite plural is sörjorna.

What is the past tense of sörja?

The past tense of sörja is sörjde (“jag sörjde”). The supine is sörjt, used in “jag har sörjt”.

What is the present tense of sörja?

sörjer, the same for every person: jag sörjer, du sörjer, vi sörjer.

Similar words

begråtageggasmuts

Origin

Cognate of Icelandic syrja.

Nearby common words

sörja is number 2,252 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,247palm palm
2,248träning training
2,250radera erase
2,251hittills so far, hitherto
2,253garage garage
2,254nolla zero, nought
2,255unik unique
2,256avsikt intention, aim

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