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morgen

morgen noun: 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.

Noun

morgen (plural morgen or morgens)

  1. (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.
    • ‘All my life spent hating a poor little tyrant on a few morgen of poor soil, and he'd never known anything else.’1969, Doris Lessing, The Four-Gated City, HarperCollins, published 1993, page 68

Proper noun capitalized: Morgen

Morgen (plural Morgens)

  1. A surname from German.

Forms of morgen

Noun
pluralmorgen
pluralmorgens
Proper noun
pluralMorgens

Plural of morgen: morgen or morgens

Origin of morgen

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. Doublet of morn and morrow.

Borrowed from German Morgen.

Questions about morgen

What does morgen mean?
Morgen means 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.
What part of speech is morgen?
Morgen can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of morgen?
The plural of morgen is morgen.

Words near morgen in the dictionary

  1. Morganville
  2. Morgas
  3. morgay
  4. morgays
  5. Morgellons
  6. morgen
  7. Morgenegg
  8. morgengift
  9. morgengifts
  10. morgens
  11. morgenstern

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