morgenn.

Brit.

/ˈmɔːɡ(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrɡ(ə)n/, South African English

/ˈmɔːɡ(ə)n/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, (now rare) morgens.

Forms: 1600s– morgen, 1700s (1900s– irregular) morgan.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Partly a borrowing from German. Etymons: Dutch morgen; German Morgen.

Etymology: < Dutch (also South African Dutch) morgen and its cognate German Morgen, specific applications (found already in Middle Dutch, Old High German) of Dutch morgen , German Morgen morn n., probably developed through the meaning ‘area of land that can be ploughed by a team of oxen in one morning’.Compare post-classical Latin dies , denoting a land measure (11th cent.: see diurnal adj.).

In the Netherlands, South Africa, and parts of the United States: a measure of land equal to about 0.8 hectare or two acres. In Norway, Denmark, and parts of Germany: a measure of land equal to about 0.3 hectare or two-thirds of an acre.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > Dutch unit

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1626 in Documents Colonial Hist. N.-Y. (1853) I. 37 The Island Manhattes..[is] 11, 000 morgens in size.

1674 in New Jersey Archives (1880) I. 151 Each is allowed a piece of land for a bouwerie, each piece 25 morgens.

1688 in J. Munsell Ann. Albany (1850) II. 101 Two flatts or plains upon both sides of ye Maquase river..containing about eleven morgen.

1744 A. Hamilton Itinerarium (1907) 73 We met several Dutchmen on the island [near Albany, N.Y.], who had rented morgans of land upon it.

1797 Earl Macartney in G. M. Theal Rec. Cape Colony (1898) II. 122 The number of Morgen of Ground that they possess in property or loan and what quantity of the same they believe to be cultivated.

1849 J. F. W. Johnston Exper. Agric. 104 The produce from a Prussian morgen (0.631 of an imp. acre) was [etc.].

1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 151 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Connected with this department of forestry are six thousand morgen of forest.

1885 H. R. Haggard King Solomon's Mines v This queer hill..covering at the base nearly a morgen (two acres) of ground.

1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt iii. 30 With 10,000 morgen of land that he can call his own, he is indeed a happy man.

1916 J. Buchan Greenmantle iv. 44 We crawled through the flat pastures of Holland... He reckoned that such land could carry four sheep a morgen.

1956 N. Mandela Struggle is my Life (1978) ii. v. 60 The Transkeian Territories cover an area of more than 4,000,000 morgen of land.

1973 Word 1970 26 32 The Westfalian Bauernhof is a large farm consisting usually of several hundred Morgen. (There is slightly less than one acre in a Morgen.)

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	morgen
释义	morgenn. Brit. /ˈmɔːɡ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈmɔrɡ(ə)n/, South African English /ˈmɔːɡ(ə)n/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, (now rare) morgens. Forms: 1600s– morgen, 1700s (1900s– irregular) morgan. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Partly a borrowing from German. Etymons: Dutch morgen; German Morgen. Etymology: < Dutch (also South African Dutch) morgen and its cognate German Morgen, specific applications (found already in Middle Dutch, Old High German) of Dutch morgen , German Morgen morn n., probably developed through the meaning ‘area of land that can be ploughed by a team of oxen in one morning’.Compare post-classical Latin dies , denoting a land measure (11th cent.: see diurnal adj.). In the Netherlands, South Africa, and parts of the United States: a measure of land equal to about 0.8 hectare or two acres. In Norway, Denmark, and parts of Germany: a measure of land equal to about 0.3 hectare or two-thirds of an acre. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > Dutch unit morgen1626 1626 in Documents Colonial Hist. N.-Y. (1853) I. 37 The Island Manhattes..[is] 11, 000 morgens in size. 1674 in New Jersey Archives (1880) I. 151 Each is allowed a piece of land for a bouwerie, each piece 25 morgens. 1688 in J. Munsell Ann. Albany (1850) II. 101 Two flatts or plains upon both sides of ye Maquase river..containing about eleven morgen. 1744 A. Hamilton Itinerarium (1907) 73 We met several Dutchmen on the island [near Albany, N.Y.], who had rented morgans of land upon it. 1797 Earl Macartney in G. M. Theal Rec. Cape Colony (1898) II. 122 The number of Morgen of Ground that they possess in property or loan and what quantity of the same they believe to be cultivated. 1849 J. F. W. Johnston Exper. Agric. 104 The produce from a Prussian morgen (0.631 of an imp. acre) was [etc.]. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 151 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Connected with this department of forestry are six thousand morgen of forest. 1885 H. R. Haggard King Solomon's Mines v This queer hill..covering at the base nearly a morgen (two acres) of ground. 1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt iii. 30 With 10,000 morgen of land that he can call his own, he is indeed a happy man. 1916 J. Buchan Greenmantle iv. 44 We crawled through the flat pastures of Holland... He reckoned that such land could carry four sheep a morgen. 1956 N. Mandela Struggle is my Life (1978) ii. v. 60 The Transkeian Territories cover an area of more than 4,000,000 morgen of land. 1973 Word 1970 26 32 The Westfalian Bauernhof is a large farm consisting usually of several hundred Morgen. (There is slightly less than one acre in a Morgen.) This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1626
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