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Burger
burger
burger
English
Noun
burger (plural burgers)
Derived terms
terms derived from burger (noun)
Related terms
Translations
informal: hamburger
External links
Danish
Etymology
Borrowing from English burger.
Noun
burger c (singular definite burgeren, plural indefinite burgere)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʏr.ɣər/
Etymology 1
Related to burg (“fortified city”), burcht (“castle”).
Noun
burger m (plural burgers, diminutive burgertje n, feminine burgerin)
- 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
Etymology 2
From hamburger, from English hamburger, from the German city Hamburg, from the name of a fortress in the area, Hammaburg.
Noun
burger m (plural burgers, diminutive burgertje n)