Meaning
- (masculine, strong) morning (part of the day from dawn to noon)
- (dated, masculine, strong) morgen (measure of land equivalent to two acres); (informal) acre (when speaking vaguely), a quarter of a hectare (specific)
- (archaic, masculine, poetic, strong) east (direction of the rising sun at an equinox)
Concepts
Synonyms
Früh
Acre
später Morgen
Folgetag
Joch Landes
Juchart
früher Morgen
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Zürich
morge
Aargau
morge
Appenzell Innerrhoden
morge
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
morge
Basel-Landschaft
moorge
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmɔrɡən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German morgen, from Old High German morgan, from Proto-West Germanic *morgan, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, from Proto-Indo-European *merkʷ- (“to blink, twinkle”). Compare Low German Morgen, Dutch morgen, West Frisian moarn, English morn, morrow, Danish morgen, Swedish morgon.
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