burger

See also: Burger, Bürger, and -burger

English

Etymology

Coined around 1939 from hamburger, due to incorrect analysis of that term as ham + burger and shortening.

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Noun

burger (plural burgers)

  1. (informal) A hamburger.
  2. (chiefly as a combining form) A similar sandwich or patty.

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English burger.

Noun

burger c (singular definite burgeren, plural indefinite burgere)

  1. burger

Dutch

FWOTD – 8 September 2014

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʏr.ɣər/
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Etymology 1

Related to burg (“fortified city”), burcht (“castle”).

Noun

burger m (plural burgers, diminutive burgertje n, feminine burgerin)

  1. citizen
    • 1988, Het Boek, International Bible Society, Richteren 8:9:
      Daarom zei hij tegen de burgers van Pnuël: […]
      So he said to the citizens of Penuel: […]
  2. middle-class or bourgeois person, burgher
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Etymology 2

From hamburger, from English hamburger, from the German city Hamburg, from the name of a fortress in the area, Hammaburg.

Noun

burger m (plural burgers, diminutive burgertje n)

  1. burger

Estonian

Etymology

From hamburger.

Noun

burger (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. burger

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