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Hamburger

3 stages from German to English.

Today it means a cooked patty of ground meat, typically served in a bread bun
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Hamburg
German · medieval
"the city of Hamburg"
the German port city known for a style of minced beef
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Hamburger
German · 1800s
"Hamburg-style minced beef"
described minced beef steak in the Hamburg style
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hamburger
English · 1800s-1900s
"a ground beef patty served in a bun"
brought to the US by German immigrants and reshaped into a sandwich
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