burger - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2024)

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɝɡɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ)
• hom*ophones: Berger, -burger, burgher

Etymology 1[edit]

Clipping of hamburger, rebracketing it as ham +‎ burger. From around 1939.

"American" sense likely a back-formation from Burgerland.

Noun[edit]

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.

Coordinate terms[edit]

• (fast food): taco, burrito

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from burger (noun)

Related terms[edit]

• cheeseburger

Translations[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• burger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

burger (plural burgers)

1. Alternative form of burgher

Anagrams[edit]

• Gruber

Afrikaans[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈbœr.ɡər/

Etymology 1[edit]

From Dutch burger.

Noun[edit]

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.

Derived terms[edit]

• burgerlik

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English burger, shortening of hamburger.

Noun[edit]

burger (plural burgers)

1. burger

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English burger.

Noun[edit]

burgerc (singular definite burgeren, plural indefinite burgere)

1. burger

Dutch[edit]

See Also

Flex Your Menu Muscles | Burger Cravings

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

burger

Wikipedia ^nl

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʏr.ɣər/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bur‧ger
• Rhymes: -ʏrɣər

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

burgerm (plural burgers, diminutive burgertjen, feminine burgeres)

1. 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: […]

2. middle-class or bourgeois person, burgher

Synonyms[edit]

• (citizen) staatsburger

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

• bourgeois
• bourgeoisie
• hamburger

Descendants[edit]

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

Etymology 2[edit]

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[edit]

burgerm (plural burgers, diminutive burgertjen)

1. A burger; a hamburger or similar type of fast food, typically but not necessarily containing meat.

Derived terms[edit]

• groenteburger
• kaasburger
• vegaburger
• veggieburger

Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From hamburger.

Noun[edit]

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

1. burger

Inflection[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms[edit]

• burks
• hamburger

Derived terms[edit]

• burks

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A shortening of hamburger

Noun[edit]

burgerm (definite singular burgeren, indefinite plural burgere, definite plural burgerne)

1. a burger

Derived terms[edit]

• burgerbrød

See also[edit]

• burgar (Nynorsk)

References[edit]

• “burger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “burger” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from American English burger.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

burgermanimal (related adjective burgerowy)

1. (colloquial) burger (ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers)

   Synonym: hamburger

   Hypernym: kotlet

2. (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[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

nouns

Further reading[edit]

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

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