omsorg

Danish

Etymology

From om (“about”) +‎ sorg (“concern, worry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔmsɔrv/, [ˈʌmˌsɒːˀw]

Noun

omsorg c (singular definite omsorgen, not used in plural form)

1. care (treatment of those in need)
2. solicitude

Declension

Declension of omsorg

common gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	omsorg	omsorgen
genitive	omsorgs	omsorgens

Further reading

• omsorg on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• “omsorg” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From om- +‎ sorg.

Noun

omsorg f or m (definite singular omsorga or omsorgen, uncountable)

1. care, concern

Derived terms

• helseomsorg

References

• “omsorg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “omsorg” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From om- +‎ sorg.

Noun

omsorg f (definite singular omsorga, uncountable)

1. care, concern

Derived terms

• helseomsorg

References

• “omsorg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish umsorgh, synchronically analyzed as om +‎ sorg.

Noun

omsorg c

1. care

   barnomsorg

   child care

   välja sina ord med omsorg

   choose one's words with care

Declension

Declension of omsorg

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	omsorg	omsorgs
	definite	omsorgen	omsorgens
plural	indefinite	omsorger	omsorgers
	definite	omsorgerna	omsorgernas

Derived terms

• barnomsorg (“childcare”)
• äldreomsorg (“elderly care”)

References

• “omsorg”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “omsorg”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “omsorg”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)