Morgen

Sentences
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Die   Leiche   wurde   erst   am   frühen   Morgen   von   Bauarbeitern   entdeckt .

The body was only discovered by construction workers in the early morning.

Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) morning (part of the day from dawn to noon)
  2. (dated, masculine, strong) morgen (measure of land equivalent to two acres); (informal) acre (when speaking vaguely), a quarter of a hectare (specific)
  3. (archaic, masculine, poetic, strong) east (direction of the rising sun at an equinox)

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

morge

Aargau

Aargau

morge

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

morge

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

morge

Basel-Landschaft

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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