Morgen

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
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmɔrɡən/
Etymology

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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