Morgen Morgen???

Question

So I just learned that morning and tomorrow are the same word in german and im wondering how to say tomorrow morning.

so I put this into google translate: "i'll sleep tomorrow morning" and i got as a result: "Ich werde morgen früh schlafen" this makes sense as frü means early but it's not exactly the same.

my guess was: "ich schalfe morgen morgen" (dont judge im just few days into learning)

is my guess wrong? and why is it wrong?

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Answer 1

Morgen frueh means "tomorrow morning." Heute frueh means "this morning." Morgens means "in the morning" or "mornings." That same construction also works for Abends and Nachmittags. You can get even more specific and say something like "Samstagmorgens essen wir Broetchen zum Fruehstuck." Saturday mornings we eat kaiser rolls for breakfast. As opposed to saying just Morgens, which means every morning. So you could say something like, "Morgen frueh gibt's Broetchen mit Nutella, denn Morgen ist Samstag, und Samstagmorgens essen wir Broetchen, obwohl in der Woche essen wir Morgens normalerweise Schwartzbrot mit Butter und Kaese."

Note that the English word tomorrow is a combination of to and morrow, and morrow is the modern English of the old English "morgen" which is spelled and pronounced the same as in modern German. Morn and morning are also derived from morgen.

Fun fact, the Germans do typically only eat Broetchen on weekends and special occasions because it's white bread and considered unhealthy for daily consumption.

Answer 2

Native German speakers would never say "Ich schlafe morgen Morgen" even though the sentence is theoretically correct. However, you have to get the capitalization of words right. While "morgen" (lower-case m) means tomorrow, "Morgen" (capital M) means morning, as all nouns are capitalized in German. But when you you add the "s" like in Saturdays, or if you want to say every morning, you add an s in German and you must write the word with a lower-case letter: samstags, morgens, nachmittags. "Ich schlafe morgen Morgen" sounds really odd. Therefore, "Ich schlafe morgen früh" is preferred. "Morgen früh" does indeed mean "tomorrow morning". There are other word combinations that are usually avoided by native speakers, e.g. "I am asking a question" would be "Ich frage eine Frage", but that sounds odd. Therefore, "Ich stelle eine Frage" is preferred.