morgen

American  

[mawr-guhn] / ˈmɔr gən /

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.

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morgen British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of morgen

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

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Example Sentences

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morgen

It's a true saying, "heute roth, morgen todt!"

From The Jew and Other Stories by Constance Garnett

“Goot morgen, shentlemens!” saluted one of the strangers as they drew near.

From The Giraffe Hunters by Mayne Reid

“Guten morgen, Fräulein,” she said, as she marched up to the darkly mysterious theemaschine and began deftly to prepare coffee for me, and to push the Brödchen toward me.

From The First Violin A Novel by Jessie Fothergill

They found us in occupation of 143,000,000 morgen and propose to squeeze us into 18 million.

From Native Life in South Africa by Sol (Solomon Tshekisho) Plaatje

Ach, Trina is sudge a goote girl," she said; "always gay, yes, und sing from morgen to night.

From McTeague by Frank Norris

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