morgen
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Dutch morgen (“measure of land”), or alternatively from Low German morgen.
Noun[edit]
morgen (plural morgens)
- (historical) a unit of measurement of land in the Netherlands and the Dutch colonies, also used in Prussia, Denmark and Norway, equivalent to 8,000 square metres, or two acres.
Further reading[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
morgen c
- morning (the part of the day after midnight and before midday)
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Adverb[edit]
morgen
Noun[edit]
morgen m (plural morgens, diminutive morgentje n)
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- (times of day) dagdeel; dageraad/ochtendschemering, zonsopgang/zonsopkomst, ochtend/morgen, voormiddag, middag, namiddag, avond, zonsondergang, avondschemering, nacht, middernacht
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
morgen
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- morgen in Duden online
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
IPA(key): /ˈmɔːrˌən/, [ˈmɔːˌɳ̍]
Noun[edit]
morgen m (definite singular morgenen, indefinite plural morgener, definite plural morgenene)
- morning (the part of the day after midnight and before midday)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- morgon (Nynorsk)
References[edit]
- “morgen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
morgen m
- Morning, morn.
- ...on morgen...
- ...in the morning...
- ...on morgen...
- Morrow: the morning of the next day.
- ...tō morgen...
- ...tomorrow...
- ...tō morgen...
Declension[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- morgendæg
- (morning): morgenleōht
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- "morgen" in Bosworth & Toller's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1882), Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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