Swedish adjective· top 5,000 most common

sorglig

pitiful, deplorable, sad, melancholy

Meaning

pitiful; deplorable; sad; melancholy; mournful

In Swedish: som orsakar sorg

Forms

Forms of sorglig
Basic form	sorglig	with en-words
Neuter	sorgligt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	sorgliga	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	sorgligare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	sorgligast	“-est”, “most …”

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What does sorglig mean?

sorglig in a sentence

sorgligt att säga
I'm sorry to say
sorgligt nog
unfortunately
en sorglig historia
a sad story
ett sorgligt slut
a sad end
en sorglig film
a sad movie
Det är sorgligt när hjälten dör i slutet av boken
It's sad when the hero dies at the end of the book
en sorglig situation med mycket onödigt lidande
a sad situation with a lot of unnecessary suffering
Han är bara sorglig
He's just sad

Questions

What does sorglig mean in English?

sorglig means “pitiful, deplorable”.

Similar words

ledsameländig

Origin

From Old Swedish sorgheliker, equivalent to sorg + -lig (“-ly”).

Nearby common words

sorglig is number 3,518 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,514period period
3,515knappa to press (a set of) buttons
3,516hångla neck, pet
3,517fruktansvärd horrific, dreadful
3,520fas phase
3,521inflytande incoming, received (money, donations)
3,522horn horn, antler
3,523lystring listen up, pay attention, attention

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary