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Morgan

German translation: Morgan

10:32 Jun 22, 2009
English to German translations [Non-PRO]
Names (personal, company)
English term or phrase: Morgan
Its my grandmothers last name and my first name.. and i want to get a tatoo of it in german
Morgan McVay
German translation:Morgan
Explanation:
There is no German translation for Morgan as it is a name of Welsh origin and thus simply copied in German.
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Ingo Dierkschnieder
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:20
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5Morgan
Ingo Dierkschnieder
3 +2Welsh name
Hans G. Liepert


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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
morgan
Morgan


Explanation:
There is no German translation for Morgan as it is a name of Welsh origin and thus simply copied in German.

Ingo Dierkschnieder
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:20
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rolf Keiser: correct
32 mins
agree  Isabell Scherg: absolut correct
42 mins
agree  maja.freelan (X)
1 hr
agree  DDM
2 hrs
agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
2 hrs
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
morgan
Welsh name


Explanation:
according to my books Morgan is a Welsh name ("from the sea") and has no literal connection to German names (like John = Johannes/Hans - though the link is Hebrew)

Hans G. Liepert
Switzerland
Local time: 14:20
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  DDM
2 hrs
agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
2 hrs
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