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Hamburger

German, noun/ˈhamˌbʊʁɡɐ/

Hamburger is spelled H-A-M-B-U-R-G-E-R (9 letters) and appears 40 times per million words in written German, the 2,115th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hamburger is a German masculine noun meaning “Hamburger (person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Einwohner der Stadt Hamburg”.

What does Hamburger mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    of Hamburg

noun

  1. 1

    masculineHamburger (person)

noun

  1. 1

    masculinehamburger (food)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Einwohner der Stadt Hamburg

noun: 1. belegtes Brot oder Brötchen; bekanntes, weltweit verbreitetes Fastfood-Gericht

adjective: 1. zu Hamburg^([1, 2]), sich auf diesen Ort beziehend, in der Art und Weise dieses Ortes, aus Hamburg kommend, stammend, Hamburg betreffend, zu Hamburg gehörend

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Hamburger

  • Hamburgers genitive
  • Hamburgerin feminine
  • Hamburgern dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Hamburger?

  • /ˈhamˌbʊʁɡɐ/
  • /ˈhɛmˌbœʁɡɐ/
  • [ˈhamˌbʊʁɡɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Hamburger

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Hamburger in German?

Hamburger appears 40 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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