morgen

(môrgən)

noun pl. morgen or morgens

  1. a unit of land measure formerly used in the Netherlands and its possessions, and still used in South Africa, equal to about 2 acres
  2. a unit of land measure formerly used in Prussia, Denmark, and Norway, equal to about acre

Origin: Du & Ger, lit., morning: hence area plowed in one morning

See morgen in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. morgen morgen or mor·gens
A Dutch and South African unit of land area equal to 2.1 acres.

Origin:

Origin: Dutch, morning (referring to the amount of land that can be plowed in a morning)

Origin: , from Middle Dutch morghen

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