It comes from hamburger steaks. Adding -er to the end of a city name in German and English (now to a lesser extent) forms an adjective meaning from that city or a noun meaning someone or something from that city. Another example is frankfurter, which comes from frankfurter Wurst.
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finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 days agoWell technically hamburgers were never actually hamburgers, it’s an abbreviation for hamburg steaks.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 days ago
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 3 days ago
Well technically that is not an abbreviation. That is a portmanteau.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Between what and what?
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 days ago
No, silly, between Ham and Burger.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Lmao, no, Hamburg is a place. Check the etymology of hamburger yourself to see.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 days ago
What what? Inda butt!