morgen
English
Etymology
From DutchCategory:English terms borrowed from Dutch#MORGENCategory:English terms derived from Dutch#MORGEN morgen and GermanCategory:English terms borrowed from German#MORGENCategory:English terms derived from German#MORGEN 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 morrowCategory:English doublets#MORGEN.
Noun
morgen (plural morgen or morgens)Category:English lemmas#MORGENCategory:English nouns#MORGENCategory:English countable nouns#MORGENCategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#MORGENCategory:English indeclinable nouns#MORGENCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MORGENCategory:Pages with entries#MORGENCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MORGEN
- (chiefly historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#MORGEN) 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.’Category:English terms with quotations#MORGEN
Further reading
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From Old NorseCategory:Danish terms derived from Old Norse#MORGEN morginn, morgunn, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#MORGEN *murganaz. Compare Norwegian Bokmål morgen, Swedish morgon, Icelandic morgunn, English morn, morrow, Dutch morgen, and German Morgen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔr.ən/, /ˈmɒːən/, [ˈmɒ̝ːɒ̝n], [ˈmɔːɔn]Category:Danish terms with IPA pronunciation#MORGEN
Noun
morgen cCategory:Danish lemmas#MORGENCategory:Danish nouns#MORGENCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#MORGENCategory:Danish common-gender nouns#MORGENCategory:Pages with entries#MORGENCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MORGEN
- morning (the part of the day after midnight and before midday)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch#MORGENCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch#MORGEN morgen, from Old DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch#MORGENCategory:Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch#MORGEN morgan, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#MORGENCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#MORGEN *morgin, *murgin, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#MORGENCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic#MORGEN *murganaz, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#MORGEN *mr̥Hko (“to blink, twinkle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔrɣə(n)/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#MORGEN
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#MORGENAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: mor‧gen
- Rhymes: -ɔrɣənCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɔrɣən#MORGENCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɔrɣən/2 syllables#MORGEN
Adverb
morgenCategory:Dutch lemmas#MORGENCategory:Dutch adverbs#MORGENCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#MORGENCategory:Pages with entries#MORGENCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MORGEN
Category:Dutch point-in-time adverbs#MORGEN- tomorrow
- Ik zie je morgen op school. ― I'll see you at school tomorrow.Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#MORGEN
- We gaan morgen naar de film. ― We're going to the movies tomorrow.Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#MORGEN
- Morgen is het haar verjaardag. ― Tomorrow is her birthday.Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#MORGEN
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
morgen m (plural morgens, diminutive morgentje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#MORGENCategory:Dutch nouns#MORGENCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#MORGENCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#MORGENCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#MORGENCategory:Pages with entries#MORGENCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MORGEN
Derived terms
Descendants
Interjection
morgenCategory:Dutch lemmas#MORGENCategory:Dutch interjections#MORGENCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#MORGENCategory:Pages with entries#MORGENCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MORGEN
Alternative forms
Descendants
See also
Category:nl:Time#MORGENGerman
Alternative forms
Etymology
Category:German terms derived from Proto-Germanic#MORGENCategory:German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#MORGENCategory:German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#MORGENFrom Middle High GermanCategory:German terms inherited from Middle High German#MORGENCategory:German terms derived from Middle High German#MORGEN morgene, from Old High GermanCategory:German terms derived from Old High German#MORGEN morgane, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#MORGEN *morgin, *murgin. Cognate with English morrow, morn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔrɡən/, [ˈmɔʁ-], [ˈmɔɐ̯-], [ˈmɔː-], [-ɡən], [-ɡŋ̍]Category:German 2-syllable words#MORGENCategory:German terms with IPA pronunciation#MORGEN
- IPA(key): /mɔrŋ/, /mɔrjən/Category:German 1-syllable words#MORGENCategory:German 2-syllable words#MORGENCategory:German terms with IPA pronunciation#MORGEN (colloquial variants)
Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#MORGENAudio (Austria): (file)
Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#MORGENAudio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)
Adverb
morgenCategory:German lemmas#MORGENCategory:German adverbs#MORGENCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#MORGENCategory:Pages with entries#MORGENCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MORGEN
- tomorrow
- morgen früh ― tomorrow morningCategory:German terms with usage examples#MORGEN
- morgen Abend ― tomorrow eveningCategory:German terms with usage examples#MORGEN
Related terms
Descendants
- → Esperanto: morgaŭ
See also
| −3 | −2 | −1 | today | +1 | +2 | +3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vor drei Tagen, vorvorgestern, ehevorgestern | vorgestern | gestern | heute | morgen | übermorgen | in drei Tagen, überübermorgen |
Further reading
Category:de:Day#MORGENCategory:de:Future#MORGENMiddle English
Noun
morgenCategory:Middle English alternative forms#MORGENCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#MORGENCategory:Pages with entries#MORGENCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MORGEN
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From DanishCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Danish#MORGENCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Danish#MORGEN morgen, from Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse#MORGENCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse#MORGEN morginn, morgunn, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#MORGENCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic#MORGEN *murganaz, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#MORGENCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#MORGEN *mr̥Hko (“to blink, twinkle”). Compare Swedish morgon, Icelandic morgunn, English morn, morrow, Dutch morgen, German Morgen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmoːrˌən/, [ˈmoːˌɳ̍]Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation#MORGEN
Noun
morgen m (definite singular morgenen, indefinite plural morgener or morgner, definite plural morgenene or morgnene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#MORGENCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#MORGENCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#MORGENCategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#MORGENCategory:Pages with entries#MORGENCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MORGEN
- morning (the part of the day when the night ends and the day begins, dawn)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “morgen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Category:Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#MORGENCategory:Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mer-#MORGEN Category:Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#MORGENCategory:Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#MORGENCategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#MORGENFrom Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#MORGENCategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#MORGEN *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
- IPA(key): /ˈmor.ɡen/, [ˈmorˠ.ɣen]Category:Old English terms with IPA pronunciation#MORGEN
Noun
morgen mCategory:Old English lemmas#MORGENCategory:Old English nouns#MORGENCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#MORGENCategory:Old English masculine nouns#MORGENCategory:Pages with entries#MORGENCategory:Pages with 7 entries#MORGEN
- morning
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- An. DCLXXVIII Hēr atēowede comēta se steorra on Auguste ⁊ sċān III monðas ælċe morgen swilċe sunne bēam.
- Year 678 In this year a comet star appeared in August and shone like a sunbeam each morning for three months.
- on morgen
- in the morning
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- tomorrow
Declension
Strong a-stem:
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “morgen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.