morgen

See also: Morgen

English

Etymology

From Dutch morgen and German Morgen, both literally "morning", probably originally indicated the amount of land that can be ploughed by a team of oxen in a morning.

Noun

morgen (plural morgen or morgens)

1. (chiefly historical) A unit of measurement of land in the Netherlands and the Dutch colonies and parts of the United States, where it was equivalent two about two acres; and in Denmark, Norway, and Germany, where it was equivalent to about two-thirds of an acre. Now used informally in Germany to mean one quarter of a hectare. [from 17th c.]
   • 1969, Doris Lessing, The Four-Gated City, 1993 edition, HarperCollins, page 68:

     ‘All my life spent hating a poor little tyrant on a few morgen of poor soil, and he'd never known anything else.’

Further reading

• morgen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Monger, monger

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse morginn, morgunn, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko (“to blink, twinkle”). Compare Norwegian Bokmål morgen, Swedish morgon, Icelandic morgunn, English morn, morrow, Low German Morgen, West Frisian moarn, Dutch morgen, German Morgen.

Noun

morgen c

1. morning (the part of the day after midnight and before midday)

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch morgen, from Old Dutch morgan, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko (“to blink, twinkle”). Compare Low German Morgen, German Morgen, West Frisian moarn, English morn, morrow, Danish morgen, Swedish morgon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔrɣə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: mor‧gen
• Rhymes: -ɔrɣən

Adverb

morgen

1. tomorrow

Noun

morgen m (plural morgens, diminutive morgentje n)

1. morning

Synonyms

• ochtend

Derived terms

• morgenlicht
• morgenstond

Related terms

• goedemorgen

See also

• (times of day) dagdeel; dageraad/ochtendschemering, zonsopgang/zonsopkomst, ochtend/morgen, voormiddag, middag, namiddag, avond, zonsondergang, avondschemering, nacht, middernacht

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔʁɡən/, /ˈmɔɐ̯ɡŋ̩/

• audio (Austria)

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Adverb

morgen

1. tomorrow

Related terms

• Morgen
• übermorgen

Further reading

• morgen in Duden online

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse morginn, morgunn, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko (“to blink, twinkle”). Compare Danish morgen, Swedish morgon, Icelandic morgunn, English morn, morrow, Dutch morgen, German Morgen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːrˌən/, [ˈmɔːˌɳ̍]

Noun

morgen m (definite singular morgenen, indefinite plural morgener, definite plural morgenene)

1. morning (the part of the day after midnight and before midday)

Derived terms

• i morgen
• i morges
• morgenkvalme
• morgenkåpe

Related terms

• formiddag

See also

• morgon (Nynorsk)

References

• “morgen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Old English

Alternative forms

• mergen

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *murganaz, from a pre-Germanic *mr̥kéno, *mr̥kóno, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko (“to blink, twinkle”). Cognate with Old Saxon morgan (Low German Morgen and Morrn or Morren), West Frisian moarn, Dutch morgen, Old High German morgan (German Morgen), Old Norse morghon (Danish morgen, Swedish morgon), Old Norse morginn, morgunn; compare also (from a variant Germanic base) Old Norse myrginn, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 (maurgins).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmorɡen/, [ˈmorɣen]

Noun

morgen m

1. Morning

   Gōdne morgen!

   Good morning!

   on morgen

   in the morning

   Ġiestranmorgen iċ āwōc of þām seldsumestan swefne.

   Yesterday morning I awoke from the strangest dream.

2. Morrow, the next day

   tō morgen

   tomorrow

Declension

Declension of morgen

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	morgen	morgnas
accusative	morgen	morgnas
genitive	morgnes	morgna
dative	morgne, morgen	morgnum

Synonyms

• morgendæg
• (morning): morgenleōht

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ǣrmorgen
• morgenceald
• morgencolla
• morgendæg
• morgendrenc
• morgengifu
• morgenlang
• morgenleōht
• morgenlīc
• morgenmete

• morgenregn
• morgenseōc
• morgenspell
• morgensprǣc
• morgensteorra
• morgenswēg
• morgentīd
• morgentorht
• morgenwacian

Descendants

• Middle English: morwen, morwe
  • English: morn, morrow
  • Scots: morn

References

• "morgen" in Bosworth & Toller's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1882), Oxford: Clarendon Press.