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Is burger a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word burger is a Scrabble US word. The word burger is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is burger a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word burger is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Yes. The word burger is a Words With Friends word. The word burger is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

BURGER,

5-letter words (3 found)

GEBUR,REGUR,URGER,

4-letter words (9 found)

BERG,BRER,BURG,BURR,GRUB,GRUE,RUBE,RUER,URGE,

3-letter words (19 found)

BEG,BRR,BRU,BUG,BUR,ERG,ERR,GER,GRR,GUB,GUE,GUR,REB,REG,RUB,RUE,RUG,URB,URE,

2-letter words (6 found)

BE,ER,GU,RE,UG,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 39 words from burger according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of burger

burger

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɝɡɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ)
  • Homophones: Berger, -burger, burgher

Etymology 1

Clipping of hamburger, rebracketing it as ham +‎ burger. From around 1939.

"American" sense likely a back-formation from Burgerland.

Noun

burger (plural burgers)

  1. (informal) A hamburger.
  2. (chiefly as a combining form) A similar sandwich or patty.
  3. (Australia, Fiji, India, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, UK) 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. (Pakistan, usually derogatory) A stereotypical well-off Pakistani aspiring to a westernized lifestyle.
  5. (Internet slang, 4chan, derogatory) An American.
Coordinate terms
  • (fast food): taco, burrito
Derived terms
Related terms
  • cheeseburger
Translations

Further reading

  • burger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Noun

burger (plural burgers)

  1. Alternative form of burgher

Anagrams

  • Gruber

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbœr.ɡər/

Etymology 1

From Dutch burger.

Noun

burger (plural burgers)

  1. citizen
    'n Persoon is gewoonlik 'n burger van die land waarin hy of sy gebore is. ― A person is usually a citizen of the country in which he or she was born.
Derived terms
  • burgerlik

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English burger, shortening of hamburger.

Noun

burger (plural burgers)

  1. burger

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English burger.

Noun

burger c (singular definite burgeren, plural indefinite burgere)

  1. burger

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʏr.ɣər/
  • Hyphenation: bur‧ger
  • Rhymes: -ʏrɣər

Etymology 1

Related to burg (“fortified town”), burcht (“castle”).

Noun

burger m (plural burgers, diminutive burgertje n, feminine burgeres)

  1. citizen, civilian
    • 1988, Het Boek, International Bible Society, Richteren 8:9:
  2. middle-class or bourgeois person, burgher
Synonyms
  • (citizen) staatsburger
Derived terms
Related terms
  • bourgeois
  • bourgeoisie
  • hamburger
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: burger
  • Negerhollands: borger
  • → Papiamentu: birger (dated)
  • → Sranan Tongo: borgu

Etymology 2

From hamburger or directly borrowed from English burger, both from English hamburger, from the German city Hamburg, from the name of a fortress in the area, Hammaburg. Related to etymology 1.

Noun

burger m (plural burgers, diminutive burgertje n)

  1. A burger; a hamburger or similar type of fast food, typically but not necessarily containing meat.
Derived terms
  • groenteburger
  • kaasburger
  • vegaburger
  • veggieburger

Estonian

Etymology

From hamburger.

Noun

burger (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. burger

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

  • burks
  • hamburger

Derived terms

  • burks

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

A shortening of hamburger

Noun

burger m (definite singular burgeren, indefinite plural burgere, definite plural burgerne)

  1. a burger

Derived terms

  • burgerbrød

See also

  • burgar (Nynorsk)

References

  • “burger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “burger” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from American English burger.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbur.ɡɛr/
  • Rhymes: -urɡɛr
  • Syllabification: bur‧ger

Noun

burger m animal (related adjective burgerowy)

  1. (colloquial) burger (ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers)
    Synonym: hamburger
    Hypernym: kotlet
  2. (colloquial) burger (hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, sometimes also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both)
    Synonym: hamburger
    Hypernym: kanapka
    Hyponym: Big Mac
    Coordinate terms: cheeseburger, fishburger

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • burger in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • burger in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Source: wiktionary.org