burger

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Australia, UK/ˈbɜːɡə/British, Southern, Standard/ˈbəːɡə/US/ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/New Zealand, Wales/ˈbøːɡə/

noun

A hamburger.

“She was planning to have a burger for dinner.”

Similar
hamburgerbeefburger
OriginEnglish hamburgerclip. ← German Hamburger ← Proto-Germanic *warjaz →
CommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

burger1

nounburger (plural burgers)

plural burgers

  1. informalA hamburger.
  2. A similar sandwich or patty.

    She was planning to have a burger for dinner.

  3. AustraliaIndiaIrelandNew ZealandSouth AfricaUKAny 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).
  4. PakistanderogatoryslangusuallyA stereotypical well-off Pakistani aspiring to a westernized lifestyle.
  5. Internetderogatory4chan slangAn American.

burger2

nounburger (plural burgers)

plural burgers

  1. alternativeAlternative form of burgher.

Burger3

nounBurger (plural Burgers)

plural Burgers

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Burgher (“member of a Sri Lankan people”).
  2. A white wine grape of French origin.
proper nounBurger (plural Burgers)

plural Burgers

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

Broader
sandwich
Narrower
baconburgerbeanburgerbeefburgerbuffaloburgercheeseburgerclamburgercrabburgerdeerburgereggburgerelkburgerfishburgergardenburgergoatburgerhamburgerlamburgermushroomburgernoodleburgerpizzaburgerporkburgersalmonburgershrimpburgersoyaburgersoyburgersteakburgertofuburgerturkeyburgervealburgervegeburgerveggieburgervenisonburgerwhaleburger

nouna sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients

Similar
hamburgerbeefburger
Broader
sandwich
Also see
beefburgerchochacunnydoughnutdowntowngashhair piehamburgerlower mouthmingenamelesspoonpootyratvaginavulva

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

burger · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kónh₂m
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kónh₂méh₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*hanmōder.?
  4. Proto-Germanic*hammō
  5. Old High Germanhammeder.?
  6. Old High GermanHamme
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰerǵʰ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰérǵʰs?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰergʰ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰérgʰs?
  11. Proto-Germanic*burgz
  12. Proto-West Germanic*burg
  13. Old High Germanburg
  14. Old High GermanHammaburg
  15. GermanHamburg
  16. Proto-Indo-European*wer-
  17. Proto-Germanic*warjaną
  18. Proto-Germanic*warjaz
  19. GermanHamburger
  20. Englishhamburgerclip.
  21. Englishburger

Clipping of hamburger, rebracketing it as ham + burger. First use appears c. 1937. Sense 5 is likely a back-formation from Burgerland.

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burger · noun

See burgher. By surface analysis, burg + -er (“inhabitant of”).

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Translations

Arabic بُورْجَر, بُرْغَر
  • بُورْجَر (būrgar)informal: hamburger
  • بُرْغَر (burḡar)informal: hamburger
Bulgarian бу́ргер
  • бу́ргер (búrger)informal: hamburger
Chinese Cantonese 漢堡 /汉堡, 漢堡包 /汉堡包
  • 漢堡 /汉堡 (hon³ bou²)informal: hamburger
  • 漢堡包 /汉堡包 (hon³ bou² baau¹)informal: hamburger
Chinese Mandarin 漢堡 /汉堡, 漢堡包 /汉堡包
  • 漢堡 /汉堡 (hànbǎo)informal: hamburger
  • 漢堡包 /汉堡包 (hànbǎobāo)informal: hamburger
Danish burger
  • burgerinformal: hamburger
Esperanto burgero, hamburgero
  • burgeroinformal: hamburger
  • hamburgeroinformal: hamburger
Estonian burger, burks
  • burgerinformal: hamburger
  • burksinformal: hamburger
Finnish purilainen
  • purilaineninformal: hamburger
French burger
  • burgerinformal: hamburger
German Hamburger, Burger
  • Hamburgerinformal: hamburger
  • Burgerinformal: hamburger
Greek μπέργκερ
  • μπέργκερ (bérgker)informal: hamburger
Hindi बर्गर, हैमबर्गर
  • बर्गर (bargar)informal: hamburger
  • हैमबर्गर (haimbargar)informal: hamburger
Irish borgaire
  • borgaireinformal: hamburger
Japanese バーガー
  • バーガー (bāgā)informal: hamburger
Korean 버거
  • 버거 (beogeo)informal: hamburger
Māori pākī
  • pākīinformal: hamburger
Norwegian Bokmål burger
  • burgerinformal: hamburger
Polish burger
  • burgerinformal: hamburger
Portuguese búrguer, xis
  • búrguerinformal: hamburger
  • xisinformal: hamburger
Russian га́мбургер, бутербро́д
  • га́мбургер (gámburger)informal: hamburger
  • бутербро́д (butɛrbród)informal: hamburger
  • бу́ргер (búrger)informal: hamburger
Spanish búrguer, burger
  • búrguerinformal: hamburger
  • burgerinformal: hamburger
  • burguerinformal: hamburger
Swedish burgare
  • burgareinformal: hamburger
Thai เบอร์เกอร์
  • เบอร์เกอร์ (bəə-gə̂ə)informal: hamburger
Turkish burger
  • burgerinformal: hamburger

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with burger

burgherGothenburger
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Sounds the same

Berger-burgerburgherBerger-burgerburgher

Anagrams

Gruber
Cite this entry
APA

burger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burger

MLA

“burger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burger. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “burger,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burger.

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