burger
English
Pronunciation
Audio (UK) (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)
- (informal) A hamburger.
- (chiefly as a combining form) A similar sandwich or patty.
- (Pakistan, usually derogatory) A stereotypical well-off Pakistani aspiring to a westernized lifestyle.
- (Internet slang, 4chan, derogatory) An American.
Coordinate terms
- (fast food): taco, burrito
Derived terms
- baconburger
- beanburger
- beefburger
- buffaloburger
- burger bar
- burger bun
- burger flipper
- burger menu
- burger sauce
- burgery
- chicken burger
- clamburger
- crab burger
- crabburger
- Dagwood burger
- deerburger
- elkburger
- fishburger
- fur burger
- garden burger
- garden-burger
- lamburger
- mushroomburger
- noodleburger
- nothing-burger
- nothing burger
- pizzaburger
- porkburger
- salmonburger
- shrimpburger
- soyaburger
- soyburger
- steakburger
- tofuburger
- tunaburger
- turkeyburger
- vealburger
- vegeburger
- vege-burger
- vegetarian burger
- veggieburger
- veggie burger
- venisonburger
Related terms
- cheeseburger
Translations
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Further reading
- burger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Noun
burger (plural burgers)
- Alternative form of burgher
Anagrams
- Gruber
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbœr.ɡər/
Etymology 1
From Dutch burger.
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
- burgerlik
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English burger, shortening of hamburger.
Noun
burger (plural burgers)
- burger
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English burger.
Noun
burger c (singular definite burgeren, plural indefinite burgere)
- burger
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʏr.ɣər/
Audio (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)
- 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: […]
- Daarom zei hij tegen de burgers van Pnuël: […]
- 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
- burgerdom
- burgerij
- burgerinitiatief
- burgerjongen
- burgerjournalist
- burgerkleding
- burgerlijk
- burgerluchtvaart
- burgerlui
- burgerman
- burgermeisje
- burgermens
- burgermoed
- burgeroorlog
- burgerplicht
- burgerpot
- burgerrecht
- burgerregering
- burgerschap
- burgerstand
- burgervader
- burgerwerk
- burgerwetenschap
- burgerzin
- ereburger
- inburgeren
- staatsburger
- tweederangsburger
- uitburgeren
Related terms
- bourgeois
- bourgeoisie
- hamburger
Descendants
- 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)
- A burger; a hamburger or similar type of fast food, often but not per se containing meat.
Derived terms
- groenteburger
- kaasburger
- vegaburger
- veggieburger
Estonian
Etymology
From hamburger.
Noun
burger (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- burger
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms
- burks
- hamburger
Derived terms
- burks
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
A shortening of hamburger
Noun
burger m (definite singular burgeren, indefinite plural burgere, definite plural burgerne)
- a burger
Derived terms
- burgerbrød
See also
- burgar (Nynorsk)
References
- “burger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “burger” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English burger.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbur.ɡɛr/
- Rhymes: -urɡɛr
- Syllabification: bur‧ger
Noun
burger m inan
- burger (sandwich or patty similar to a hamburger)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | burger | burgery |
genitive | burgera | burgerów |
dative | burgerowi | burgerom |
accusative | burger/burgera | burgery |
instrumental | burgerem | burgerami |
locative | burgerze | burgerach |
vocative | burgerze | burgery |
Further reading
- burger in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- burger in Polish dictionaries at PWN