godmorgen

See also: god morgen

Danish

Alternative forms

• god morgen (archaic)

Etymology

From god (“good”) +‎ morgen (“morning”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡo.ˈmɒː.ən/, [ɡ̊ɔ̽ˈmɒ̝ːɒ̝n], [ɡ̊ɔ̽ˈmɔːɔn]

Interjection

godmorgen

1. good morning

Descendants

• → Greenlandic: kumoorn

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Nominalization of god morgen (“good morning”), written as one word. The underlying greeting consists of god (“good”) and morgen (“morning”), literally “good morning”.

The first element continues Old Norse góðr (“good”), from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz (“good, suitable”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite; to fit, suit”). The second reflects Danish morgen (“morning”), from Old Danish morghæn (“morning”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *murginaz (“morning”), also reconstructed with other second-syllable vowels.

Compare the parallel nominal uses of Danish godmorgen (“an utterance of “good morning””) and English good morning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹ɡuˈmoːrn/, [ɡuˈmòːɳ], /¹ɡuˈmɔrn/, [ɡuˈmɔ̀ɳ], /²ɡuˈmoː.rən/, [ɡuˈmôː.ɳ̩̌]
• Rhymes: -oːrn, -ɔrn, -oːrən
• Homophone: god morgen
• Hyphenation: god‧mor‧gen

Noun

godmorgen n (definite singular godmorgenet, indefinite plural godmorgener or godmorgner, definite plural godmorgena or godmorgna or godmorgenene or godmorgnene)

1. good morning; an utterance of the greeting “good morning”

   Hun hilste med et muntert godmorgen. ― She greeted them with a cheerful good morning.

   • 1939, Max Mauser, En hai følger båten, page 142:

     si gomor’n til ham

     say good morning to him

   • 1986, Terje Stigen, Ved foten av kunnskapens tre:

     løfter han på kasjettluen og sier godmorgen

     he lifts his flat cap and says good morning

   • 1997, Stig Sæterbakken, Siamesisk, page 115:

     jeg sa godmorgen til dem

     I said good morning to them

   • 2015, Øystein Dolmen, Gustav Lorentzen, “God morgen Norge”, in Knutsen & Ludvigsen. Alle sangene, page 141:

     godmorgen, lille vakre Anne

     good morning, little lovely Anne

     Here used as the greeting itself.

Usage notes

• The noun names an instance of the greeting. For the greeting itself, see god morgen (“good morning”).

References

• “godmorgen” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).
• Kroonen, Guus (2013), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic, Leiden; Boston: Brill, pages 162–163, 184, 377.

Anagrams

• god morgen