Moral

See also: moral, morál, and morâl

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish Moral.

Proper noun

Moral (plural Morals)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Moral is the 34618^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 653 individuals. Moral is most common among Hispanic/Latino (54.06%), Asian/Pacific Islander (27.26%) and White (15.62%) individuals.

Etymology 2

Unknown

Proper noun

Moral

1. A township in Shelby County, Indiana, United States.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Moral”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 616.

Anagrams

• Marlo, molar, romal

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French morale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈʁaːl/

• Audio:

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Noun

Moral f (genitive Moral, plural Moralen)

1. moral, morality
   • 1928, Bertolt Brecht, translated by Ralph Manheim and John Willet, Die Dreigroschenoper [The Threepenny Opera]:

     Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.

     Food is the first thing. Morals follow on.

2. morale

Usage notes

The plural form Moralen is uncommon.

Declension

Declension of Moral [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Moral	die	Moralen
genitive	einer	der	Moral	der	Moralen
dative	einer	der	Moral	den	Moralen
accusative	eine	die	Moral	die	Moralen

Derived terms

• Doppelmoral
• Herrenmoral
• moralisch
• Sklavenmoral

Further reading

• “Moral” in Duden online
• “Moral” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Moral on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de