hamburger
English
![](Images/wiktionary/Hamburger_patty.jpg.webp)
Alternative forms
- hamburgher (dated)
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/
Audio (RP) (file)
Noun
hamburger (countable and uncountable, plural hamburgers)
- A 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.
- The patty used in such a sandwich.
- (uncountable) Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.
- (US, colloquial, somewhat crude) 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.
- (graphical user interface) Short for hamburger button.
- Coordinate terms: meatball, kebab, hamburger, bento
Synonyms
- liberty sandwich (US, historical)
- (sandwich): beefburger
- (patty): hamburger patty
Hypernyms
- (sandwich): burger
Hyponyms
(sandwich, patty):
- slider
- quarter-pounder
- cheeseburger
Coordinate terms
(sandwich, patty):
- chicken burger
- fish burger
- lamb burger
- pork burger
- vegeburger
- soyburger
Derived terms
- burger
- cheeseburger
- cheesehamburger
- Chinese hamburger
- gardenburger
- hamburger button
- hamburger icon
- hamburger menu
- hamburgerology
- soyburger
- vegeburger
Descendants
- → Burmese: ဟမ်ဘာဂါ (hambhaga)
- → Dutch: hamburger
- → Estonian: hamburger
- → French: hamburger
- → German: Hamburger
- → Bulgarian: хамбургер (hamburger)
- → Hungarian: hamburger
- → Japanese: ハンバーガー
- → Khmer: ហាំប៊ឺហ្គឺ (hambɨɨgɨɨ)
- → Korean: 햄버거 (haembeogeo)
- → Macedonian: хамбургер (hamburger)
- → Mongolian: хамбургер (xamburger)
- → Persian: همبرگر
- → Polish: hamburger
- → Portuguese: hamburger
- → Romanian: hamburger
- → Russian: га́мбургер (gámburger)
- → Mongolian: гамбургер (gamburger)
- → Swahili: hambaga
- → Thai: แฮมเบอร์เกอร์ (hɛm-bəə-gə̂ə)
- → Vietnamese: hăm-bơ-gơ
Translations
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See also
- 🍔 (hamburger emoji)
Verb
hamburger (third-person singular simple present hamburgers, present participle hamburgering, simple past and past participle hamburgered)
- To badly injure or damage.
- 1944, C. G. Morris; Hugh B. Cave, “The Fightin’est Ship”: The Story of the Cruiser “Helena”, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, page 62:
- The men played baseball on coral diamonds that tore their shoes and clothes and hamburgered their hands.
- 1981, John Nichols, The Nirvana Blues, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, page 283:
- And his tires triggered no Claymore mines or Bouncing Betties that might have hamburgered his vehicle with him in it.
- 1994, Beatrice Sparks (falsely indicated as editor), It Happened to Nancy: By an Anonymous Teenager, a True Story from Her Diary, Avon Books, published 2005, →ISBN, page 133:
- My tears are like gagged pieces of ice cutting up my eyeballs and hamburgering my face.
- 2014, Shannon Galpin, Mountain to Mountain: A Journey of Adventure and Activism for the Women of Afghanistan, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 47:
- It’s a trail that has taken more than its fair share of blood, my first flat tire, and hamburgered my entire forearm on a descent.
- 2019, Christopher McDougall, Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 51:
- Ken broke three fingers and hamburgered his legs, but he still got to his feet, chased down his burro, and continued on to the finish line.
- 2020, Lynn Stansbury, Crossing the Divide, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse:
- Why they didn’t both break their necks or get hamburgered by cloven hooves was a mystery.
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Czech
Noun
hamburger m
- hamburger (a hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef, in a sliced bun, sometimes also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | hamburger | hamburgery, hamburgru |
genitive | hamburgeru, hamburgru | hamburgerů, hamburgrů |
dative | hamburgeru, hamburgru | hamburgerům, hamburgrům |
accusative | hamburger | hamburgery, hamburgry |
vocative | hamburgere, hamburgre, hamburgře | hamburgery, hamburgry |
locative | hamburgeru, hamburgru | hamburgerech, hamburgrech |
instrumental | hamburgerem, hamburgrem | hamburgery, hamburgry |
Synonyms
- hambáč
Further reading
- hamburger in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
Dutch
![](Images/wiktionary/Hamburger_sandwich.jpg.webp)
This hamburger is tasty!
Etymology
Borrowed from English hamburger.
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ham‧bur‧ger
Noun
hamburger m (plural hamburgers, diminutive hamburgertje n)
- hamburger
Estonian
Etymology
English hamburger.
Noun
hamburger (genitive hamburgeri, partitive hamburgerit or hamburgeri)
- hamburger
- Synonyms: burger, burks
Inflection
singular | plural | |
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nominative | hamburger | hamburgerid |
accusative | hamburgeri | hamburgerid |
genitive | hamburgeri | hamburgerite |
partitive | hamburgerit | hamburgereid |
illative | hamburgerisse | hamburgeritesse hamburgereisse |
inessive | hamburgeris | hamburgerites hamburgereis |
elative | hamburgerist | hamburgeritest hamburgereist |
allative | hamburgerile | hamburgeritele hamburgereile |
adessive | hamburgeril | hamburgeritel hamburgereil |
ablative | hamburgerilt | hamburgeritelt hamburgereilt |
translative | hamburgeriks | hamburgeriteks hamburgereiks |
terminative | hamburgerini | hamburgeriteni |
essive | hamburgerina | hamburgeritena |
abessive | hamburgerita | hamburgeriteta |
comitative | hamburgeriga | hamburgeritega |
singular | plural | |
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nominative | hamburger | hamburgerid |
accusative | hamburgeri | hamburgerid |
genitive | hamburgeri | hamburgeride |
partitive | hamburgeri | hamburgere hamburgerisid |
illative | hamburgeri hamburgerisse | hamburgeridesse hamburgeresse |
inessive | hamburgeris | hamburgerides hamburgeres |
elative | hamburgerist | hamburgeridest hamburgerest |
allative | hamburgerile | hamburgeridele hamburgerele |
adessive | hamburgeril | hamburgeridel hamburgerel |
ablative | hamburgerilt | hamburgeridelt hamburgerelt |
translative | hamburgeriks | hamburgerideks hamburgereks |
terminative | hamburgerini | hamburgerideni |
essive | hamburgerina | hamburgeridena |
abessive | hamburgerita | hamburgerideta |
comitative | hamburgeriga | hamburgeridega |
Derived terms
- burger
Further reading
- hamburger in Sõnaveeb
French
Etymology
From English hamburger, from German Hamburger.
Pronunciation
- (France) (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bœʁ.ɡœʁ/, /ɑ̃.buʁ.ɡɛʁ/
audio (France, Paris) (file) audio (France, Normandy) (file) - (Quebec) (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bœʁ.ɡœʁ/
Audio (Quebec, Montreal) (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -œʁ
- Homophone: hamburgers
Noun
hamburger m (plural hamburgers)
- hamburger
- Synonym: hambourgeois
Further reading
- “hamburger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
![](Images/wiktionary/NCI_Visuals_Food_Hamburger.jpg.webp)
Etymology
From English hamburger.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɒmburɡɛr]
- Hyphenation: ham‧bur‧ger
- Rhymes: -ɛr
Noun
hamburger (plural hamburgerek)
- hamburger (hot sandwich)
- Synonym: (clipping) hambi
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | hamburger | hamburgerek |
accusative | hamburgert | hamburgereket |
dative | hamburgernek | hamburgereknek |
instrumental | hamburgerrel | hamburgerekkel |
causal-final | hamburgerért | hamburgerekért |
translative | hamburgerré | hamburgerekké |
terminative | hamburgerig | hamburgerekig |
essive-formal | hamburgerként | hamburgerekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | hamburgerben | hamburgerekben |
superessive | hamburgeren | hamburgereken |
adessive | hamburgernél | hamburgereknél |
illative | hamburgerbe | hamburgerekbe |
sublative | hamburgerre | hamburgerekre |
allative | hamburgerhez | hamburgerekhez |
elative | hamburgerből | hamburgerekből |
delative | hamburgerről | hamburgerekről |
ablative | hamburgertől | hamburgerektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular | hamburgeré | hamburgereké |
non-attributive possessive - plural | hamburgeréi | hamburgerekéi |
Possessive forms of hamburger | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | hamburgerem | hamburgereim |
2nd person sing. | hamburgered | hamburgereid |
3rd person sing. | hamburgere | hamburgerei |
1st person plural | hamburgerünk | hamburgereink |
2nd person plural | hamburgeretek | hamburgereitek |
3rd person plural | hamburgerük | hamburgereik |
Derived terms
- hambi
- hamburgeres
- hamburgerezik
Related terms
- burger
- sajtburger
References
- Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amˈbur.ɡer/[1]
- Rhymes: -urɡer
Noun
hamburger m (invariable)
- hamburger
- Synonym: svizzera
References
- hamburger in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German Hamburger and English hamburger.
Noun
hamburger m (definite singular hamburgeren, indefinite plural hamburgere, definite plural hamburgerne)
- a Hamburger (person from Hamburg)
- a hamburger (fast food)
See also
- hamburgar (Nynorsk)
References
- “hamburger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English hamburger.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xamˈbur.ɡɛr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -urɡɛr
- Syllabification: ham‧bur‧ger
Noun
hamburger m inan
- hamburger (sandwich and patty)
- (derogatory) an American
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | hamburger | hamburgery |
genitive | hamburgera | hamburgerów |
dative | hamburgerowi | hamburgerom |
accusative | hamburger/hamburgera | hamburgery |
instrumental | hamburgerem | hamburgerami |
locative | hamburgerze | hamburgerach |
vocative | hamburgerze | hamburgery |
Derived terms
- hamburgerowy
Further reading
- hamburger in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- hamburger in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English hamburger, from German Hamburger.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈbuʁ.ɡeʁ/ [ɐ̃ˈbuɦ.ɡeh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈbuɾ.ɡeɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈbuʁ.ɡeʁ/ [ɐ̃ˈbuʁ.ɡeχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈbuɻ.ɡeɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈbuɾ.ɡɛɾ/ [ɐ̃ˈbuɾ.ɣɛɾ]
Noun
hamburger m (plural hamburgers)
- Alternative form of hambúrguer
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English hamburger or French hamburger.
Noun
hamburger m (plural hamburgeri)
- hamburger
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) hamburger | hamburgerul | (niște) hamburgeri | hamburgerii |
genitive/dative | (unui) hamburger | hamburgerului | (unor) hamburgeri | hamburgerilor |
vocative | hamburgerule | hamburgerilor |
Turkish
Etymology
From German Hamburger.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hɑm.ˈbuɾ.ɟæɾ]
Noun
hamburger
- hamburger
Declension
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Nominative | hamburger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | hamburgeri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | hamburger | hamburgerler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | hamburgeri | hamburgerleri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | hamburgere | hamburgerlere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | hamburgerde | hamburgerlerde | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | hamburgerden | hamburgerlerden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | hamburgerin | hamburgerlerin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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