name
Meaning 1
The second largest city in, and a state of, Germany.
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Standard Lemma guide
Hamburg
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General-American: /ˈhæmbɝɡ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhæmbɜːɡ/
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CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 M B ER0 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
A city, the county seat of Ashley County, Arkansas.
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Meaning 3
Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
A community in the town of Lyme, New London County, Connecticut.
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Meaning 4
Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
A village in Calhoun County, Illinois.
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Meaning 5
Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
An unincorporated community in Clark County, Indiana.
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Meaning 6
Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Indiana.
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Meaning 7
Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
A small city in Fremont County, Iowa.
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Meaning 8
Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
An unincorporated community in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana.
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Meaning 9
Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
A small city in Carver County, Minnesota.
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Meaning 10
Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
A ghost town in St. Charles County, Missouri.
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Meaning 11
Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
A borough of Sussex County, New Jersey.
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Meaning 12
Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
A large town in Erie County, New York.
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Meaning 13
Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
An unincorporated community in Fairfield County, Ohio.
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Meaning 14
Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
An unincorporated community in Preble County, Ohio.
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Meaning 15
Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
A borough of Berks County, Pennsylvania.
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Meaning 16
Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
A ghost town in Aiken County, South Carolina.
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Meaning 17
Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
A small town and unincorporated community in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
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Meaning 18
Any of various communities in the United States; named for the German city:
A small town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
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Meaning 19
A town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa; named for the German city.
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Meaning 20
Hamburger SV, a German football club.
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noun
Meaning 21
A Hamburg chicken.
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noun
Meaning 22
A variety of black grape.
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noun
Meaning 23
A Hamburg steak
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 24
hamburger (food)
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Usage: Midwestern-US, countable, slang, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 25
ground beef; hamburger meat
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Usage: New-England, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 26
To annoy.
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noun
Meaning 27
a port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century and is today the largest port in Germany; in 1241 it formed an alliance with Lubeck that became the basis for the Hanseatic League
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Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center, port
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kónh2mder. Proto-Indo-European *kónh2méh2-der. Proto-Germanic *hanmōder.? Proto-Germanic *hammō Old High German hammeder.? Old High German Hamme Proto-Indo-European *bherǵh- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *bhérǵhsder.? Proto-Indo-European *bhergh-der.? Proto-Germanic *burgz Proto-West Germanic *burg Old High German burg Old High German Hammaburg German Hamburgbor. English Hamburg Borrowed from German Hamburg.
Across languages
Translations
80 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Akan: Hambɔg — city and state of Germany
- Arabic: هَامْبُورْغ (hamburḡ) — city and state of Germany
- Arabic: هامبُرْق (hāmburg) — city and state of Germany
- Armenian: Համբուրգ — city and state of Germany
- Asturian: Hamburgu — city and state of Germany
- Belarusian: Га́мбург (Hámburh) — city and state of Germany
- Bulgarian: Ха́мбург (Hámburg) — city and state of Germany
- Carpathian Rusyn: Га́мбург (Hámburh) — city and state of Germany
- Carpathian Rusyn: Га́мбурґ (Hámburg) — city and state of Germany
- Catalan: Hamburg — city and state of Germany
- Chinese Mandarin: 漢堡 /汉堡 (Hànbǎo) — city and state of Germany
- Czech: Hamburk — city and state of Germany
- Danish: Hamborg — city and state of Germany
- Dutch: Hamburg — city and state of Germany
- Estonian: Hamburg — city and state of Germany
- Farefare: Hambʋrg — city and state of Germany
- Finnish: Hampuri — city and state of Germany
- French: Hambourg — city and state of Germany
- North Frisian: Hamborig — city and state of Germany
- North Frisian: Hambori — city and state of Germany
- North Frisian: (Öömrang) Hamborag — city and state of Germany
- Saterland Frisian: Hambuurich — city and state of Germany
- West-Frisian: Hamburch — city and state of Germany
- Friulian: Amburc — city and state of Germany
- Galician: Hamburgo — city and state of Germany
- Georgian: ჰამბურგი (hamburgi) — city and state of Germany
- German: Hamburg — city and state of Germany
- Central Franconian: Hamburg — city and state of Germany
- Greek: Αμβούργο (Amvoúrgo) — city and state of Germany
- Hindi: हैम्बर्ग (haimbarg) — city and state of Germany
- Hungarian: Hamburg — city and state of Germany
- Icelandic: Hamborg — city and state of Germany
- Italian: Amburgo — city and state of Germany
- Japanese: ハンブルク (Hanburuku) — city and state of Germany
- Korean: 함부르크 (Hambureukeu) — city and state of Germany
- Latin: Hamburgum — city and state of Germany
- Latvian: Hamburga — city and state of Germany
- Lithuanian: Hamburgas — city and state of Germany
- Low German: Hamborg — city and state of Germany
- Low German: Hamborg — city and state of Germany
- Low German: Hambuorg — city and state of Germany
- Macedonian: Хамбург — city and state of Germany
- Marathi: हॅम्बर्ग (hĕmbarga) — city and state of Germany
- Polish: Hamburg — city and state of Germany
- Portuguese: Hamburgo — city and state of Germany
- Russian: Га́мбург (Gámburg) — city and state of Germany
- Serbo-Croatian: Хамбург — city and state of Germany
- Serbo-Croatian: Hamburg — city and state of Germany
- Spanish: Hamburgo — city and state of Germany
- Swedish: Hamburg — city and state of Germany
- Thai: ฮัมบวร์ค (ham-bùuak) — city and state of Germany
- Turkish: Hamburg — city and state of Germany
- Ukrainian: Га́мбург (Hámburh) — city and state of Germany
- Ukrainian: Га́мбурґ (Hámburg) — city and state of Germany
- Vietnamese: Hăm-buốc — city and state of Germany
- Welsh: Hambwrg — city and state of Germany
- Yiddish: האַמבורג (hamburg) — city and state of Germany
- Asturian: hamburgués — attributive form - relating to Hamburg
- Belarusian: га́мбургскі (hámburhski) — attributive form - relating to Hamburg
- Bulgarian: ха́мбургски (hámburgski) — attributive form - relating to Hamburg
- Catalan: hamburguès — attributive form - relating to Hamburg
- Czech: hamburský — attributive form - relating to Hamburg
- Danish: hamburgsk — attributive form - relating to Hamburg
- Esperanto: hamburga — attributive form - relating to Hamburg
- Finnish: hampurilainen — attributive form - relating to Hamburg
- French: hambourgeois — attributive form - relating to Hamburg
- Friulian: amburghês — attributive form - relating to Hamburg
- Galician: hamburgués — attributive form - relating to Hamburg
- German: hamburgisch — attributive form - relating to Hamburg
- German: Hamburger — attributive form - relating to Hamburg
- Hungarian: hamburgi — attributive form - relating to Hamburg
- Italian: amburghese — attributive form - relating to Hamburg
- Polish: hamburski — attributive form - relating to Hamburg
- Portuguese: hamburguês — attributive form - relating to Hamburg
- Russian: га́мбургский (gámburgskij) — attributive form - relating to Hamburg
- Slovak: hamburský — attributive form - relating to Hamburg
- Slovene: hamburški — attributive form - relating to Hamburg
- Spanish: hamburgués — attributive form - relating to Hamburg
- Swedish: hamburgsk — attributive form - relating to Hamburg
- Ukrainian: га́мбурзький (hámburzʹkyj) — attributive form - relating to Hamburg
Real reading context