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German · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "besorgt" in German?
buh-ZORKT. The be- prefix is an unstressed schwa, the s buzzes, and the written g hardens into a k.
Second syllable, since be- never takes the beat — the same pattern as bereit and bezahlen. Because the prefix is already there, the participle needs no ge-, so besorgt serves as both the past participle and the adjective without any extra marking.
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Meine Mutter ist besorgt.
My mother is worried.
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Meine Mutter ist besorgt keeps the participle bare as a predicate adjective. Mutter contributes a short rounded u and a softened -er ending, so the sentence has two r-adjacent vowels — one that dissolves into a vowel and one that darkens the o.
Where English speakers slip
Weight on the prefix produces 'BE-sorgt', which German does not do. The s is the second correction, buzzing rather than hissing. And the g hardens to k in front of the t — an internal devoicing that learners overlook because the letter is not at the end of the word.