burger

See also: Burger, Bürger, and -burger

English

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ)/
  • 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)

  1. (informal) A hamburger.
  2. (chiefly as a combining form) A similar sandwich or patty.
  3. (Pakistan, usually derogatory) A stereotypical well-off Pakistani aspiring to a westernized lifestyle.
  4. (Internet slang, 4chan, derogatory) An American.
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Noun

burger (plural burgers)

  1. Alternative form of burgher

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbœr.ɡər/

Etymology 1

From Dutch burger.

Noun

burger (plural burgers)

  1. 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.
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from English burger, shortening of hamburger.

Noun

burger (plural burgers)

  1. burger

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/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: bur‧ger
  • Rhymes: -ʏrɣər

Etymology 1

Related to burg (fortified town), burcht (castle).

Noun

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

  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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  • Afrikaans: burger
  • Negerhollands: borger
  • Papiamentu: birger (dated)
  • Sranan Tongo: borgu

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)

  1. A burger; a hamburger or similar type of fast food, often but not per se containing meat.
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Estonian

Etymology

From hamburger.

Noun

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

  1. burger

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

A shortening of hamburger

Noun

burger m (definite singular burgeren, indefinite plural burgere, definite plural burgerne)

  1. a burger

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English burger.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbur.ɡɛr/
  • Rhymes: -urɡɛr
  • Syllabification: bur‧ger

Noun

burger m inan

  1. burger (sandwich or patty similar to a hamburger)

Declension

Further reading

  • burger in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • burger in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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