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Morgen

Definition: Morgen

Morgen

Noun

1. A South African unit of measure equal to about 2 acres.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "morgen" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1866. (references)


Specialty Definition: Morgen

DomainDefinition

Mining

The South African measure of land, equal to 640.25 square rods, 92,196 ft 2 (8,565 m2 ), 1.44 claims, or 2.1165 English acres (0.857 ha). There are 284 morgens to a square mile and 735.5 morgens/km2 . (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Morgen

Etymologies containing "morgen": morrow. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Morgen" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (morning), Dutch (morning, tomorrow), German (acre, dawn, East, morn, morning, tomorrow), Norwegian (morning).

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Modern Usage: Morgen

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Morgen is het beter (1974)

Geradeaus bis zum Morgen (1972)

Min elskede I morgen (1971)

Morgen fällt die Schule aus (1971)

I morgen rosenrød I dag død (1969)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Morgen

DomainTitle

Books

  • 30 unter 40 : junge Autoren von heute, die besten von morgen (reference)

  • Gesichtspunkte: Aktuelle Lesetexte Von Gestern, Heute Und Morgen (Bridging the Gap) (reference)

  • Guten Morgen, du Schöne : Frauen in der DDR, Protokolle (reference)

  • Tausend Morgen (reference)

  • Venedig morgen (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Morgen

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Mrs. Morgen attempting to domesticate an armadillo Field camp in south Texas Triangulation party of Carl Aslakson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Guten morgen lieber Herr Doctor.... / [August v. Wille]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Der neue Hitler : heute Besucher, morgen Besatzer : fur die Einheitsfront aller Patrioten und Demokraten. Credit: Library of Congress.

Gestern noch welkte der Reis, doch morgen fliesst das Wasser reichlich, und das Feld grunt. Sogar den Himmel besiegt der Mensch, wenn er entschieden ist. Credit: Library of Congress.

Suriname morgen : Volkspartij. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: Morgen

"Morgen" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 87.50% of the time. "Morgen" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)87.5%7133,076
Noun (proper)12.5%1339,140
                    Total100.00%8N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Morgen

The following table summarizes the usage of "morgen" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
MorgenLast name20035,162
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Morgen

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

morgen

28

morgen naar onderweg

17

morgen schick

17

guten morgen

16

mannheimer morgen

15

morgen walke

13

fd morgen walke

9

anna morgen

7

design morgen

5

de morgen

4

morgen schick cosmetic

3

morgen particle

3

associate morgen walke

3

morgen webb

2

morgen stanley

2

concrete morgen pump

2

die ganze morgen und welt

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Bible Trace: Morgen

LanguageDateSourceMatthew Chapter 21, Verse 18
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintPrwiaV de epanagwn eiV thn polin epeinasen
Latin405VulgateMane autem revertens in civitatem esuriit
Old English990West SaxonOn morgen þa he eft to þare berigfor. þa hingrede hym.
Middle English1395WyclifBut on the morowe, he, turnynge ayen in to the citee, hungride.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleIn the mornynge as he returned in to the cyte ageyne he hungred
Jacobean English1611King JamesNow in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
Victorian English1833WebsterNow in the morning as he was returning into the city, he was hungry.
Basic English1964OgdenNow in the morning when he was coming back to the town, he had a desire for food.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Morgen

LanguageMatthew Chapter 21, Verse 18
Cebuano¶ Ug sa pagkabuntag, sa naglakaw siya balik sa siyudad, siya gigutom.
Chinese早 晨 回 城 的 時 候 、 他 " 了 .
CroatianUjutro se vraæao u grad i ogladnje.
DanishMen da han om Morgenen igen gik ind til Staden, blev hen hungrig.
DutchEn des morgens vroeg, als Hij wederkeerde naar de stad, hongerde Hem.
FinnishKun hän varhain aamulla palasi kaupunkiin, oli hänen nälkä.
FrenchLe matin, en retournant la ville, il eut faim.
GermanAls er aber des Morgens wieder in die Stadt ging, hungerte ihn;
Haitian Creole¶ Nan denmen maten, antan yo t'ap tounen lavil Jerizalèm, Jezi te grangou.
HungarianReggel pedig, a városba visszajövet, megéhezék.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariPagi-pagi keesokan harinya, dalam perjalanan kembali ke kota, Yesus lapar.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaPada pagi-pagi harinya, apabila Ia kembali ke negeri itu, Ia berasa lapar.
ItalianLa mattina dopo, mentre rientrava in citt , ebbe fame.
Manx GaelicNish ayns y voghrey, myr v'eh goll reesht gys yn ard-valley, v'eh accryssagh.
Maori¶ Na, i te ata, i a ia e hoki ana ki te pa, ka hiakai ia.
NorwegianOm morgenen, da han gikk til byen igjen, blev han hungrig,
PortugueseOra, de manhã, ao voltar cidade, teve fome;   
RumanianDimineaya, pe cknd Se kntorcea kn cetate, I -a fost foame.
RussianрПХФТХ ЦЕ, ЧПЪЧТБЭБСУШ Ч ЗПТП", ЧЪБМЛБМ;
Shuar¶ Kashin tsawaar Jerusarénnum waketas Jesus tsukaarmiayi.
SpanishVolviendo a la ciudad por la mañana, él tuvo hambre.
SwahiliYesu alipokuwa anarudi mjini asubuhi na mapema, aliona njaa.
SwedishNär han sedan på morgonen gick in till staden igen, blev han hungrig.
Uma¶ Kampeneo-na mepulo ngkii, hi pomako' -ra Yesus pai' ana'guru-na nculii' hilou hi Yerusalem, mo'oro' -imi Yesus.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: Morgen

Derivations

Words beginning with "morgen": morgens. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Morgen"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "morgen" (pronounced mô"rgun)
6m ô" r g u nMorgan.
5-ô" r g u ngorgon, organ.
4-r g u nbargain, jargon.
3-g u nBalbriggan, bandwagon, Bogan, Brannigan, Brogan, cardigan, collagen, dragon, hooligan, Lagan, Logan, longan, Mulligan, pagan, shenanigan, shogun, slogan, snapdragon, Tigon, toboggan, wagon.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Morgen

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: monger.

Words within the letters "e-g-m-n-o-r"

-1 letter: enorm, genom, genro, gnome, goner.

-2 letters: ergo, germ, goer, gone, gore, meno, more, morn, nome, norm, ogre, omen, omer.

-3 letters: ego, eng, eon, erg, ern, gem, gen, gor, meg, men, mog, mon, mor, nog, nom, nor, one, ore, reg, rem, roe, rom.

-4 letters: em, en, er, go, me, mo, ne, no, oe, om, on.

 Words containing the letters "e-g-m-n-o-r"
 

+1 letter: frogmen, marengo, mongers, mongrel, morgens.

 

+2 letters: dragomen, gammoner, homering, mangrove, mongered, mongrels, monogerm, removing, renogram, venogram.

 

+3 letters: angleworm, augmentor, beworming, boogerman, boogermen, boomerang, chromogen, comanager, compering, deforming, deworming, enamoring, ergonomic, gammoners, geomancer, greenroom, groomsmen, homegrown, magnetron, mangroves, mentoring, misgovern, moldering, mongering, morganite, morphogen, morseling, mothering, omnirange, recombing, reforming, remolding, renograms, strongmen, venograms, warmonger.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Morgen


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 6F 72 67 65 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--    ---    .-.    --.    .    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01101111 01110010 01100111 01100101 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#111 &#114 &#103 &#101 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 006F 0072 0067 0065 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

478184737180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Usage Frequency
7. Names: Frequency
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Bible Trace
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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