burger
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burger
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɝɡɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ)
- Homophones: Berger, -burger, burgher
Etymology 1
Clipping of hamburger, rebracketing it as ham + burger. From around 1939.
"American" sense likely a back-formation from Burgerland.
Noun
burger (plural burgers)
- (informal) A hamburger.
- (chiefly as a combining form) A similar sandwich or patty.
- (Australia, Fiji, India, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, UK) Any sandwich that uses two bread rolls or buns (in North America it only refers to a sandwich with two buns or bread rolls and a meat patty).
- (Pakistan, usually derogatory) A stereotypical well-off Pakistani aspiring to a westernized lifestyle.
- (Internet slang, 4chan, derogatory) An American.
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Derived terms
Terms derived from burger (noun)
- Aussie burger
- baconburger
- banquet burger
- beanburger
- beefburger
- buffaloburger
- burger bar
- burger bun
- burger burn
- burger flipper
- burger menu
- burger sauce
- burgery
- California burger
- Carolina burger
- chicken burger
- chori burger
- clamburger
- crabburger
- crab burger
- Dagwood burger
- deerburger
- eat a burger
- elkburger
- fishburger
- fur burger
- garden burger
- garden-burger
- hamburger
- Hawaii burger
- lamburger
- Luther burger
- mushroomburger
- noodleburger
- nothing burger
- nothing-burger
- Oklahoma onion burger
- olive burger
- pizzaburger
- porkburger
- salmonburger
- shrimpburger
- smash burger
- soyaburger
- soyburger
- steakburger
- tofuburger
- tunaburger
- turkeyburger
- turkeyburger
- vealburger
- vegan burger
- vege-burger
- vegeburger
- vegetarian burger
- veggieburger
- veggie burger
- venisonburger
Related terms
Translations
informal: hamburger
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Further reading
Etymology 2
Noun
burger (plural burgers)
- Alternative form of burgher
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
burger (plural burgers)
- citizen
- 'n Persoon is gewoonlik 'n burger van die land waarin hy of sy gebore is. ― A person is usually a citizen of the country in which he or she was born.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English burger, shortening of hamburger.
Noun
burger (plural burgers)
Danish
Etymology
Noun
burger c (singular definite burgeren, plural indefinite burgere)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Related to burg (“fortified town”), burcht (“castle”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
burger m (plural burgers, diminutive burgertje n, feminine burgeres)
- citizen, civilian
- 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:
- 1988, Het Boek, International Bible Society, Richteren 8:9:
- middle-class or bourgeois person, burgher
Synonyms
- (citizen) staatsburger
Derived terms
- burgerachtig
- burgerbestaan
- burgerbevolking
- burgerdeugd
- burgerdienst
- burgerdode
- burgerdom
- burgerij
- burgerinitiatief
- burgerjongen
- burgerjournalist
- burgerkleding
- burgerlijk
- burgerluchtvaart
- burgerlui
- burgerman
- burgermeisje
- burgermens
- burgermoed
- burgeroorlog
- burgerplicht
- burgerpot
- burgerrecht
- burgerregering
- burgerrups
- burgerschap
- burgerslachtoffer
- burgerstand
- burgertrut
- burgervader
- burgerwerk
- burgerwetenschap
- burgerzaal
- burgerzin
- ereburger
- inburgeren
- staatsburger
- tweederangsburger
- uitburgeren
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From hamburger or directly borrowed from English burger, both from English hamburger, from the German city Hamburg, from the name of a fortress in the area, Hammaburg. Related to etymology 1.
Noun
burger m (plural burgers, diminutive burgertje n)
Derived terms
Estonian
Etymology
From hamburger.
Noun
burger (genitive , partitive )
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
A shortening of hamburger
Noun
burger m (definite singular burgeren, indefinite plural burgere, definite plural burgerne)
- a burger
Derived terms
See also
- burgar (Nynorsk)
References
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from American English burger.
Pronunciation
Noun
burger m animal (related adjective burgerowy)
- (colloquial) burger (ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers)
- (colloquial) burger (hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, sometimes also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both)
- Synonym: hamburger
- Hypernym: kanapka
- Hyponym: Big Mac
- Coordinate terms: cheeseburger, fishburger
Declension
Declension of burger
Derived terms
nouns