Meanings
morgen1
plural morgens
- historicalA 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.First known use 17th c.
‘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
Morgen2
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
morgen · noun
- GermanMorgen
- Dutchmorgen
- Englishmorgen
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.
Full word history & related roots →Morgen · proper noun
- Proto-Indo-European*merkʷ-
- Proto-Germanic*murginaz
- Proto-West Germanic*morgin
- Old High Germanmorgan
- Middle High Germanmorgen
- GermanMorgen
- EnglishMorgen
Borrowed from German Morgen.
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Cite this entry
morgen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morgen
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