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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(chiefly historical) A unit of measurement of land in the Netherlands and the Dutch colonies and parts of the United States, where it was equivalent to about two acres; and in Denmark, Norway, and Germany, where it was equivalent to about two-thirds of an acre. Now used informally in Germany to mean one quarter of a hectare..
‘All my life spent hating a poor little tyrant on a few morgen of poor soil, and he'd never known anything else.’
Use morgen when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Morgen means (chiefly historical) A unit of measurement of land in the Netherlands and the Dutch colonies and parts of the United States, where it was equivalent to about two acres; and in Denmark, Norway, and Germany, where it was equivalent to about two-thirds of an acre. Now used informally in Germany to mean one quarter of a hectare..
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‘All my life spent hating a poor little tyrant on a few morgen of poor soil, and he'd never known anything else.’
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