hamburger

Etymology

Shortening of Hamburger sandwich, Hamburger steak, etc.; or, less likely, borrowed from German Hamburger (“native of Hamburg”), equivalent to Hamburg +‎ -er. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhæmˌbɜː.ɡə/, /ˈhæm.bə.ɡə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhæmˌbɝ.ɡɚ/, /ˈhæm.bɚ.ɡɚ/

Noun

hamburger (plural hamburgers)

1. A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef, in a sliced bun, sometimes also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both.
2. The patty used in such a sandwich.
3. (uncountable) Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.
4. (colloquial, somewhat vulgar) An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict.

   The truck hit the deer and turned it into hamburger.

   I'm going to make you into hamburger if you do that again.

Noun

hamburger m

1. hamburger (a hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef, in a sliced bun, sometimes also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both)

Further reading

• hamburger in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

Etymology

Borrowed from English hamburger.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: ham‧bur‧ger

Noun

hamburger m (plural hamburgers, diminutive hamburgertje n)

1. hamburger

Noun

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

1. hamburger

Etymology

From English hamburger, from German Hamburger.

Pronunciation

• (France) ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.bœʁ.ɡœʁ/, /ɑ̃.buʁ.ɡɛʁ/

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• (Quebec) ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.bœʁ.ɡœʁ/

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• Rhymes: -œʁ
• Homophone: hamburgers

Noun

hamburger m (plural hamburgers)

1. hamburger

Synonyms

• hambourgeois

Further reading

• “hamburger” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amˈburɡer/

Noun

hamburger m (invariable)

1. hamburger

Etymology

From German Hamburger and English hamburger

Noun

hamburger m (definite singular hamburgeren, indefinite plural hamburgere, definite plural hamburgerne)

1. a Hamburger (person from Hamburg)
2. a hamburger (fast food)

See also

• hamburgar (Nynorsk)

References

• “hamburger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Noun

hamburger m anim

1. hamburger

Etymology

From English hamburger

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈburɡer/

Noun

hamburger m (plural hamburgeres)

1. hamburger

Etymology

From German Hamburger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɑm.ˈbʊɾ.ɟeɾ]

Noun

hamburger

1. hamburger