No. 775 in German
hamburger
A person from Hamburg, Germany, or a sandwich consisting of a cooked ground meat patty, typically beef, in a bun.
In a sentence
Ich habe einen Hamburger zum Mittag gegessen.
I ate a hamburger for lunch.
In this sentence, 'Hamburger' refers to the food item that is well-known—a sandwich with a patty in a bun.
Hamburger lieben ihre Hafenstadt sehr.
People from Hamburg love their harbor city very much.
Here 'Hamburger' means the people who are from the city of Hamburg in Germany.
Ich mag die Hamburger Musikszene.
I like the Hamburg music scene.
In this instance, 'Hamburger' is used as an adjective describing something that belongs to or originates from Hamburg, here relating to its music scene.
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