# burger
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ)/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈbɝɡɚ/
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ)
* Homophones: Berger, -burger, burgher

### Etymology 1

Clipping of hamburger, rebracketing it as ham +‎ burger. From around 1939. The "American" sense is likely a back-formation from Burgerland.

#### Noun

burger (plural burgers)
* (informal) A hamburger.
* (chiefly as a combining form) A similar sandwich or patty.
* (Australia, Fiji, India, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, UK) Any sandwich that uses two bread rolls or buns (in North America it only refers to a sandwich with two buns or bread rolls and a meat patty).
* (Pakistan, usually derogatory) A stereotypical well-off Pakistani aspiring to a westernized lifestyle.
* (Internet slang, 4chan, derogatory) An American.

##### Coordinate terms

* (fast food): car, human

##### Derived terms

* Assburgers
* Aussie burger
* baconburger
* banquet burger
* beanburger
* beefburger
* bitch burger
* buffaloburger
* burger bar
* burger bun
* burger burn
* burger flipper
* burger highlife
* Burger League
* burgerless
* burgerlicious
* burgerlike
* burger menu
* burgernomics
* burger sauce
* burger steak
* burgery
* butterburger
* California burger
* Carolina burger
* charburger
* chicken burger
* chori burger
* clamburger
* crab burger
* crabburger
* Dagwood burger
* deerburger
* eat a burger
* elkburger
* fishburger
* fur burger
* garden burger
* garden-burger
* hamburger
* Hawaii burger
* lamburger
* Luther burger
* miniburger
* mushroomburger
* nonburger
* noodleburger
* nothing burger
* nothing-burger
* nutburger
* Oklahoma onion burger
* olive burger
* pizzaburger
* porkburger
* salmonburger
* shrimpburger
* smash burger
* soyaburger
* soyburger
* steakburger
* tofuburger
* tunaburger
* turkeyburger
* vealburger
* vegan burger
* vege-burger
* vegeburger
* vegetarian burger
* veggieburger
* veggie burger
* venisonburger

##### Related terms

* cheeseburger

##### Translations
#### Further reading

* burger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

burger (plural burgers)
* Alternative form of burgher

### Anagrams

* Gruber

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: /ˈbʏr.ɣər/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bur‧ger
* Rhymes: -ʏrɣər

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch burger, borger, from Old Dutch burgeri. By surface analysis, burg +‎ -er.

#### Noun

burger m (plural burgers, diminutive burgertje n, feminine burgeres)
* citizen, civilian
    Synonym: staatsburger
** 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: […]
* middle-class or bourgeois person, burgher

##### Derived terms

* burgerachtig
* burgerbestaan
* burgerbevolking
* burgerdeugd
* burgerdienst
* burgerdode
* burgerdom
* burgerij
* burgerinitiatief
* burgerjongen
* burgerjournalist
* burgerjuffrouw
* burgerkleding
* burgerlijk
* burgerluchtvaart
* burgerlui
* burgerman
* burgermeisje
* burgermens
* burgermoed
* burgeroorlog
* burgerplicht
* burgerpot
* burgerrecht
* burgerregering
* burgerrups
* burgerschap
* burgerslachtoffer
* burgerstand
* burgertrut
* burgervader
* burgervrouw
* burgerwerk
* burgerwetenschap
* burgerzaal
* 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, typically but not necessarily 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

## French
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English burger.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bœʁ.ɡœʁ | byʁ.ɡœʁ/

### Noun

burger m (plural burgers)
* Synonym of hamburger (“burger”)

#### Related terms

* cheeseburger
* fishburger

### Further reading

* “burger” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
* “burger” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.

## 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 American English burger.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbur.ɡɛr/
* Rhymes: -urɡɛr
* Syllabification: bur‧ger

### Noun

burger m animal (related adjective burgerowy)
* (colloquial) burger (ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers)
    Synonym: hamburger
    Hypernym: kotlet
* (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

#### Derived terms

* burgerownia
* burgeryzacja

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Noun

burger m (plural burgers)
* Alternative spelling of búrguer