hamburger

A1 Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈhæmˌbɜɹ.ɡɚ/ UK /ˈhæmˌbɜː.ɡə/ See IPA manual

Freq #9146

Meanings

1

noun
A round, flat piece of cooked meat served in a bread bun, often with vegetables and sauce.

We ordered hamburgers and fries for dinner.
2

noun
Beef that has been ground into small pieces.

She fried some hamburger to make the sauce.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a round, flat piece of... beefburgerburger

2 noun · beef that has been ground... ground beef

Word family

Forms hamburgers

Derived forms burger cheeseburgercheesehamburgergardenburgerhamburgerlesshamburgerlikehamburgerologisthamburgerologyminihamburgershamburgersoyburgervegeburger

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Phrases (1)

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hamburger bun
a round bread roll shaped to hold a hamburger

Noun + noun

Proverbs (1)

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Sacred cows make great hamburgers

Simplified etymology

Hamburger comes from Hamburger steak, a late-19th-century term supposedly connected with the German city of Hamburg. Burger arose from Hamburger steak and is recorded from the mid-20th century.

Etymology

Shortening of Hamburger sandwich, Hamburger steak, etc., the first element borrowed from German Hamburger (“native of Hamburg”), equivalent to Hamburg + -er.

Hamburger German

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Topics

Food & Drink

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# hamburger

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈhæmˌbɜɹ.ɡɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈhæmˌbɜː.ɡə/
**Frequency rank:** 9146

## Meanings
1. A round, flat piece of cooked meat served in a bread bun, often with vegetables and sauce.
2. Beef that has been ground into small pieces.

## Examples
- We ordered hamburgers and fries for dinner.
- She fried some hamburger to make the sauce.

## Derived Forms
- burger
- cheeseburger
- cheesehamburger
- gardenburger
- hamburgerless
- hamburgerlike
- hamburgerologist
- hamburgerology
- minihamburger
- shamburger
- soyburger
- vegeburger

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: Hamburger

## Etymology
Shortening of Hamburger sandwich, Hamburger steak, etc., the first element borrowed from German Hamburger (“native of Hamburg”), equivalent to Hamburg + -er.

## AI Etymology
Hamburger is a shortening of Hamburger sandwich, Hamburger steak, etc., the first element borrowed from German Hamburger (“native of Hamburg”), equivalent to Hamburg + -er. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main senses are “A round, flat piece of cooked meat served in a bread bun, often with vegetables and sauce” and “Beef that has been ground into small pieces”.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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