morgen
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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. Doublet of morn and morrow.
Noun
editmorgen (plural morgen or morgens)
- (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 to 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, HarperCollins, published 1993, 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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editAnagrams
editDanish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse morginn, morgunn, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz. Compare Norwegian Bokmål morgen, Swedish morgon, Icelandic morgunn, English morn, morrow, Dutch morgen, and German Morgen.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmorgen c
- morning (the part of the day after midnight and before midday)
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch morgen, from Old Dutch morgan, from Proto-West Germanic *morgin, *murgin, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko (“to blink, twinkle”).
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editmorgen
- tomorrow
- Ik zie je morgen op school. ― I'll see you at school tomorrow.
- We gaan morgen naar de film. ― We're going to the movies tomorrow.
- Morgen is het haar verjaardag. ― Tomorrow is her birthday.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Afrikaans: môre
- Jersey Dutch: mârxje, mârxe, mârge
- Negerhollands: morg, moruk, morgen
- → Virgin Islands Creole: morek (dated)
- Petjo: morhen
Noun
editmorgen m (plural morgens, diminutive morgentje n)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Afrikaans: môre
- Berbice Creole Dutch: moroko
- Negerhollands: morg
- Skepi Creole Dutch: murg, mag, morga
Interjection
editmorgen
- Clipping of goedemorgen.
Alternative forms
editDescendants
editSee also
edit- (times of day) dagdeel; dageraad/ochtendschemering, zonsopgang/zonsopkomst, ochtend/morgen, voormiddag, middag, namiddag, avond, zonsondergang, avondschemering, nacht, middernacht
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German morgene, from Old High German morgane, from Proto-West Germanic *morgin, *murgin. Cognate with English morrow.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈmɔrɡən/, [ˈmɔʁ-], [ˈmɔɐ̯-], [ˈmɔː-], [-ɡən], [-ɡŋ̍]
- IPA(key): /mɔrŋ/, /mɔrjən/ (colloquial variants)
Audio (Austria): (file) Audio: (file)
Adverb
editmorgen
- tomorrow
- morgen früh ― tomorrow morning
- morgen Abend ― tomorrow evening
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- → Esperanto: morgaŭ
See also
edit−3 | −2 | −1 | today | +1 | +2 | +3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
vor drei Tagen, vorvorgestern, ehevorgestern |
vorgestern | gestern | heute | morgen | übermorgen |
in drei Tagen, überübermorgen |
Further reading
editMiddle English
editNoun
editmorgen
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of morwe
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Danish morgen, from Old Norse morginn, morgunn, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko (“to blink, twinkle”). Compare Swedish morgon, Icelandic morgunn, English morn, morrow, Dutch morgen, German Morgen.
Pronunciation
editIPA(key): /ˈmoːrˌən/, [ˈmoːˌɳ̍]
Noun
editmorgen m (definite singular morgenen, indefinite plural morgener or morgner, definite plural morgenene or morgnene)
- morning (the part of the day when the night ends and the day begins, dawn)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- “morgen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *morgin, *murgin.
Cognate with Old Frisian morgen, Old Saxon morgan, Old Dutch morgan, Old High German morgan, Old Norse morgunn. Compare also (from the alternative form *murginaz) Old Norse myrginn and Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 (maurgins).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmorgen m
Declension
editStrong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
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nominative | morgen | morgnas |
accusative | morgen | morgnas |
genitive | morgnes | morgna |
dative | morgne | morgnum |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “morgen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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