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

   käka hamburgare

   eat hamburgers

2. 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

• Donken
• ostburgare (“cheeseburger”)
• parisare
• strassburgare

References

• hamburgare in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hamburgare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hamburgare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)