burger
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (UK) (file) - IPA(key): /ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ)
- Homophones: Berger, -burger, burgher
Etymology 1Edit
Clipping of hamburger, rebracketing it as ham + burger. From around 1939.
"American" sense likely a back-formation from Burgerland.
NounEdit
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.
- (Internet slang, 4chan, attributive, by extension) Of or relating to Americans.
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Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
burger (plural burgers)
- Alternative form of burgher
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AfrikaansEdit
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Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
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.
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Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from English burger, shortening of hamburger
NounEdit
burger (plural burgers)
DanishEdit
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burger c (singular definite burgeren, plural indefinite burgere)
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Etymology 1Edit
Related to burg (“fortified town”), burcht (“castle”).
NounEdit
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
SynonymsEdit
- (citizen) staatsburger
Derived termsEdit
- 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
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Etymology 2Edit
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.
NounEdit
burger m (plural burgers, diminutive burgertje n)
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EstonianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From hamburger.
NounEdit
burger (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
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Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
A shortening of hamburger
NounEdit
burger m (definite singular burgeren, indefinite plural burgere, definite plural burgerne)
- a burger
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See alsoEdit
- burgar (Nynorsk)
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NounEdit
burger m inan
- burger (sandwich or patty similar to a hamburger)