morgen
Americannoun
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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.
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a unit equal to about two-thirds of an acre (0.3 hectare), formerly used in Prussia, Norway, and Denmark.
noun
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a South African unit of area, equal to about two acres or 0.8 hectare
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a unit of area, formerly used in Prussia and Scandinavia, equal to about two thirds of an acre
Etymology
Origin of morgen
1620–30, < Dutch morgen and German Morgen morgen, morning (as much land as one plows in a morning)
Example Sentences
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Du er vel enig i at slik en morgen i skogen her med al dens liv og lek 50 er fuld erstatning for den pragt vi tapte, ja mer end hoffets smigergyldne falskhet?
From An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway by Martin Brown Ruud
A morgen is about 2 1/9 English acres.
From Native Life in South Africa by Sol (Solomon Tshekisho) Plaatje
"Oh, you leafe in de morgen and you come by Fizzenbad in a day more as do one you go oud mid."
From The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women by Francis Hopkinson Smith
In Virginia, upon the lowest calculation, 22 pounds weight of nitrogen were taken on the average, yearly, from every morgen of the wheat-fields.
From Familiar Letters on Chemistry by Justus, Freiherr von Liebig
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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