Visual meaning of 'morgen' - Social Visual Dictionary

Visual illustration of morgen: 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. - Image 1

noun

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.

Examples:

"The farmer estimated his new field was about three morgen in size, enough land to plant a good amount of wheat. "

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Related Words

enough/iˈnʌf/

Sufficiently.

estimated/ˈɛstɪmeɪtɪd/ /ˈɛstəmətɪd/

To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.

informally/ɪnˈfɔrməli/ /ɪnˈfɔrməli/

In an irregular or informal manner; without the usual forms.

Visual illustration for the word "hectare" - A unit of surface area (symbol ha) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, or approximately 2.5 acres), used for measuring the areas of geographical features such as land and bodies of water.

hectare/ˈhektaː/ /ˈhɛk.tɑː/ /ˈhɛk.tɛɹ/

A unit of surface area (symbol ha) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, or approximately 2.5 acres), used for measuring the areas of geographical features such as land and bodies of water.

states/steɪts/

A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.

colonies/ˈkɑləniz/ /ˈkɑləniːz/

A governmental unit created on land of another country owned by colonists from a country.

measurement/ˈmeʒ.ə.mənt/ /ˈmeʒ.ɚ.mənt/

The act of measuring.

united/juːˈnaɪtɪd/ /juˈnaɪtɪd/

To bring together as one.

thirds/θɜːdz/

The person or thing in the third position.

farmer/fɑːmə/ /fɑɹmɚ/

A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock, especially on a farm.

quarter/ˈkoː.tɘ/ /ˈk(w)ɔːtə/ /ˈk(w)ɔɹ.tɚ/

A fourth part of something.

equivalent/ɪˈkwɪvələnt/

Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.