burger

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (informal) A hamburger.
2. A similar sandwich or patty.
3. Any 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. A stereotypical well-off Pakistani aspiring to a westernized lifestyle.
5. An American.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ)/

Etimologie (Engels)

Clipping of hamburger, rebracketing it as ham + burger. From around 1939.
"American" sense likely a back-formation from Burgerland.