A sandwich consisting of a cooked ground meat patty placed between sliced bread or buns. Despite the name, typically made from beef rather than ham.
From German 'Hamburger Steak', named after the city of Hamburg, Germany. The '-er' suffix indicates origin from Hamburg, not relation to ham. Introduced to America by German immigrants in the 19th century.
The hamburger's name is one of English's great etymological misconceptions - it has nothing to do with ham and everything to do with Hamburg, Germany. This linguistic confusion led to the creation of 'cheeseburger' and eventually just 'burger' to avoid the ham association entirely.
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