In my head they are very normalburger if that makes sense. They think Trump can stop the war enough to affect the market, right?

  • boboblaw [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    Bürger has the same root as bourgeois, and Wiktionary lists “bourgeois” as a definition of the German word (besides “citizen”).

    The portmanteau in English is presumably not derived in the same way. It’s a reference to the favorite American treat found at cultural landmarks such as McDonalds. Only tangentially related to the German thru Hamburg -> Hamburger sandwich -> Cheeseburger

    It’s likely closer to normal+burgerreicher or normal+burgerlander.