morgen

[ mawr-guhn ]

noun
  1. a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.

  2. a unit equal to about two-thirds of an acre (0.3 hectare), formerly used in Prussia, Norway, and Denmark.

Origin of morgen

1
1620–30, Americanism;<Dutch morgen and German Morgen morgen, morning (as much land as one plows in a morning)

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British Dictionary definitions for morgen

morgen

/ (ˈmɔːɡən) /


noun
  1. a South African unit of area, equal to about two acres or 0.8 hectare

  2. a unit of area, formerly used in Prussia and Scandinavia, equal to about two thirds of an acre

Origin of morgen

1
C17: from Dutch: morning, a morning's ploughing

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