Hamburg German


Hamburg German, also known as Hamburg or Hamburger dialect, is a group of Northern Low Saxon varieties spoken in Hamburg, Germany. Occasionally, the term Hamburgisch is also used for Hamburg Missingsch, a variety of standard German with Low Saxon substrates. These are urban dialects that have absorbed numerous English and Dutch loanwords, for instance Törn ‘trip’ and suutje ‘gently’.
Hamburg is pronounced in these dialects, with a "ch" similar to that in the standard German word Milch. Typical of the Hamburg dialects and other Lower Elbe dialects is the pronunciation eu for the diphthong , e.g.
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keupen köpen kaufen to buy
scheun schöön schön beautiful

However, as in most other Low Saxon dialects, the long monophthong is pronounced , for instance Kööm ~ Kœm ‘caraway’.
The Low Saxon language in Hamburg is divided in several subdialects, e.g.
The Hamborger Veermaster is a famous sea shanty sung in the regional dialect.