Morgen

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Morgen.

Proper noun[edit]

Morgen (plural Morgens)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics[edit]

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Morgen is the 36099th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 621 individuals. Morgen is most common among White (87.76%) individuals.

Further reading[edit]

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔrɡən/, [ˈmɔʁ-], [ˈmɔɐ̯-], [ˈmɔː-], [-ɡən], [-ɡŋ̍]
  • IPA(key): /mɔrŋ/, /mɔrjən/ (colloquial variants)
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Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle High German morgen, from Old High German morgan, from Proto-West Germanic *morgan, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, from Proto-Indo-European *merkʷ- (“to blink, twinkle”).

Compare Low German Morgen, Dutch morgen, West Frisian moarn, English morn, morrow, Danish morgen, Swedish morgon.

Noun[edit]

Morgen m (strong, genitive Morgens, plural Morgen or (colloquial) Morgende)

  1. morning (part of the day from dawn to noon)
    Synonym: Vormittag
    am Morgen ― in the morning
    am Morgen des 6. Dezember 2000 ― on the morning of the 6th December 2000
    gestern Morgen (also: gestern morgen) ― yesterday morning
    heute Morgen ― this morning
  2. (agriculture, dated) morgen (measure of land equivalent to two acres); (informal) acre (when speaking vaguely), a quarter of a hectare (specific)
  3. (archaic, poetic) east (direction of the rising sun at an equinox)
    Synonym: Morgenland
    gen Morgen gehen
    walk in the direction where the sun rises
Usage notes[edit]
  • The normal plural is unchanged Morgen. The dialectal plural Morgende is formed under the influence of Abende (“evenings”). It is rather common colloquially but hardly ever used in literary German.
  • Morgen includes the whole time of day between dawn and noon, though the time roughly between 9 a.m. and noon is often specified as Vormittag.
Declension[edit]
Declension of Morgen [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Morgen die Morgen, Morgende1
genitive eines des Morgens der Morgen, Morgende1
dative einem dem Morgen den Morgen, Morgenden1
accusative einen den Morgen die Morgen, Morgende1

1Colloquial.

Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • → English: morgen
  • → Polish: morga, mórg

See also[edit]

(times of day) Tageszeit; Morgendämmerung, Morgen, Vormittag, Mittag, Nachmittag (Frühnachmittag, Spätnachmittag), Abenddämmerung, Abend, Nacht, Mitternacht (Category: de:Times of day)

Etymology 2[edit]

From the adverb morgen.

Noun[edit]

Morgen n (strong, genitive Morgen, no plural)

  1. tomorrow (the day after today)
  2. the future
    Unser Morgen ist wichtiger als unser Heute.
    Our future is more important than our present.

Further reading[edit]

  • “Morgen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Morgen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Morgen” in Duden online
  • Morgen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Low German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German morgen, from Old Saxon morgan.

Compare German Morgen, Dutch morgen, West Frisian moarn, English morn, morrow, Danish morgen, Swedish morgon.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔrɡn̩/, [mɔˑɾŋ̍], [mɔˑɐ̯ŋ̍]

Noun[edit]

Morgen m (plural Morgen)

  1. morning

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)
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