hamburgare

Swedish
en hamburgare

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. (food) hamburger (sandwich)
    Synonym: burgare
  2. a person from Hamburg

Usage notes

Usually turns into hamburger- in compounds.

Declension
Declension of hamburgare 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hamburgare hamburgaren hamburgare hamburgarna
Genitive hamburgares hamburgarens hamburgares hamburgarnas

Derived terms
  • hamburgerkedja (“hamburger chain”)

See also

References
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