hamburgare

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • hamborger (obsolete), hamburger (obsolete), hambårger (obsolete)

Etymology

Affix of hamburg (Hamburg) +‎ -are (-er), borrowed from German Hamburger.

Food sense borrowed from English hamburger. Attested since 1959.

Noun

hamburgare c

  1. a hamburger (sandwich)
    Synonym: burgare
    käka hamburgare
    eat [colloquial] hamburgers
  2. a hamburger (hamburger patty)
    Synonyms: burgare, (hamburger)biff, (colloquial, "(meat) puck") (kött)puck
  3. a person from Hamburg

Usage notes

Usually turns into hamburger- in compounds.

Declension

Declension of hamburgare
nominative genitive
singular indefinite hamburgare hamburgares
definite hamburgaren hamburgarens
plural indefinite hamburgare hamburgares
definite hamburgarna hamburgarnas

Derived terms

  • hamburgerbröd
  • hamburgerkedja (hamburger chain)

See also

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