German

Noun

Morgen m ‎(genitive Morgens, plural Morgen or Morgende)

1. morning
2. (historical) morgen (measure of land)
3. (archaic, poetic) east

   gen Morgen gehen‎

   walk in the direction where the sun rises

Usage notes

• The normal plural is unchanged Morgen. The plural Morgende is of dialectal origin. It is rather common colloquially but hardly ever used in literary German.
• Morgen includes the whole time of day between sunrise and noon, though the time roughly between 9 a.m. and noon is often specified as Vormittag.

Declension

Synonyms

• (morning): Vormittag
• (east): Morgenland

Derived terms

• frühmorgens
• morgen
• Morgenbier
• Morgenkaffee
• Morgenrot
• Morgenröte
• morgens
• Morgensonne
• Morgenstern
• Morgentau

See also

• Tag
• Mittag
• Nachmittag
• Abend
• Nacht
• Mitternacht

Etymology 2

From the adverb morgen.

Noun

Morgen n ‎(genitive Morgen, no plural)

1. the day of tomorrow
2. the future

   Unser Morgen ist wichtiger als unser Heute.

   Our future is more important than our present.

Low German

Alternative forms

• Morren (usually found as "Morr'n", might hence be just a misspelling of Morrn)
• Morrn

Etymology

From Old Saxon morgan, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko ‎(“to blink, twinkle”). Compare German Morgen, Dutch morgen, West Frisian moarn, English morn, morrow, Danish morgen, Swedish morgon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ͡ɐŋ̩/

Noun

Morgen m ‎(plural Morgende)

1. morning

English

Noun

morgen ‎(plural morgens)

1. (historical) a unit of measurement of land in the Netherlands and the Dutch colonies, also used in Prussia, Denmark and Norway, equivalent to two acres.

Anagrams

• monger

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse morginn, morgunn, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko ‎(“to blink, twinkle”). Compare Norwegian morgen, Swedish morgon, Icelandic morgunn, English morn, morrow, Low German Morgen, West Frisian moarn, Dutch morgen, German Morgen.

Noun

morgen c

1. morning (the part of the day after midnight and before midday)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔrɣə(n)/

Etymology

From Old Dutch morgan, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko ‎(“to blink, twinkle”). Compare Low German Morgen, German Morgen, West Frisian moarn, English morn, morrow, Danish morgen, Swedish morgon.

Adverb

morgen

1. tomorrow

Noun

morgen m ‎(plural morgens, diminutive morgentje n)

1. morning

Synonyms

• ochtend

Related terms

• goedemorgen

See also

• (times of day) dagdeel; dageraad/ochtendschemering, zonsopgang/zonsopkomst, ochtend/morgen, voormiddag, middag, namiddag, avond, zonsondergang, avondschemering, nacht, middernacht

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔʁɡən/, /mɔɐ̯ɡŋ̩/

Adverb

morgen

1. tomorrow

Related terms

• Morgen
• übermorgen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse morginn, morgunn, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko ‎(“to blink, twinkle”). Compare Danish morgen, Swedish morgon, Icelandic morgunn, English morn, morrow, Dutch morgen, German Morgen.

Noun

morgen m ‎(definite singular morgenen, indefinite plural morgener, definite plural morgenene)

1. morning (the part of the day after midnight and before midday)

Related terms

• formiddag

Derived terms

• i morgen
• i morges
• morgenkvalme
• morgenkåpe

See also

• morgon (Nynorsk)

References

• “morgen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

• mergen

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *murganaz, from a pre-Germanic *mr̥kéno, *mr̥kóno, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko ‎(“to blink, twinkle”). Cognate with Old Saxon morgan (Low German Morgen and Morrn or Morren), West Frisian moarn, Dutch morgen, Old High German morgan (German Morgen), Old Norse morghon (Danish morgen, Swedish morgon), Old Norse morginn, morgunn; compare also (from a variant Germanic base) Old Norse myrginn, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 ‎(maurgins).

Noun

morgen m

1. morning

See also

The eight stunda:

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: morwen, morwe
  • English: morn, morrow
  • Scots: morn