I can’t claim that incorrectly spelling burgher as burger is a common, everyday mistake. But the mix-up does occur, especially in student essays.
Burger
- a flat round of meat or other food that is fried or grilled and often served in a bread roll
Burgher
- a (typically wealthy) citizen of a town or city
- (in southern Africa) an Afrikaans citizen of a Boer republic; a civilian member of a local militia
- (in Sri Lanka) a descendant of Dutch or Portuguese colonists
The spelling of burgher does vary in historical texts – the versions include burger, bourger and burgar. This is because the word was adopted from the original German or Dutch burger (meaning ‘citizen of a fortified town’) and only later assimilated to the English burgh (meaning ‘borough’).
Hannah McCall 
From now on, I am referring to myself as the burgher.
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I think that would be an excellent superhero name.
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The history of the word for town official is interesting. The process by which words ‘morph’ when being assimilated by other cultures is fascinating.
Thanks for some more useful information.
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I couldn’t agree more! No problem. 🙂
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Ich bin ein burgher
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I didn’t even know about the second Burgher. I love learning new words. Thanks Hannah!
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You’re more than welcome! 🙂
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That was another good one.
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Thanks!
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