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.’

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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)

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)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: mor‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɔrɣən

Adverb

morgen

  1. tomorrow

Noun

morgen m (plural morgens, diminutive morgentje n)

  1. morning

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German

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

morgen

  1. tomorrow

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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)

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Old English

Alternative forms

  • mergen, merigen

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
    morgen
    tomorrow

Declension

Synonyms

  • morgendæg
  • (morning): morgenleōht

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