Hamburg German, also known as Hamburg dialect or Hamburger dialect (natively , german: Hamburger Platt), is a group of
Northern Low Saxon
Northern Low Saxon (in High German: ', in Standard Dutch: ') is a subgroup of Low Saxon dialects of Low German. As such, it covers a great part of the West Low German-speaking areas of northern Germany, with the exception of the border regio ...
varieties
Variety may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats
* Variety (radio)
* Variety show, in theater and television
Films
* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont
* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
spoken in
Hamburg
(male), (female) en, Hamburger(s),
Hamburgian(s)
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Germany
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. 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
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* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
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and
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
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loanwords, for instance ''Törn'' 'trip' (< ''turn'') and ''suutje'' 'gently' (< Dutch ).
Hamburg's name is pronounced in these dialects, with a "ch" similar to that in the standard German words ''ich'' or ''Milch''. Typical of the Hamburg dialects and other Lower Elbe dialects is the pronunciation (and ''eu'' spelling) for the diphthong (written ''öö'', ''öh'' or ''ö''), e.g.:
However, as in most other
Low Saxon
Low Saxon, also known as West Low German ( nds, Nedersassisch, Nedersaksies; nl, Nedersaksisch) are a group of Low German dialects spoken in parts of the Netherlands, northwestern Germany and southern Denmark (in North Schleswig by parts of th ...
(Low German) dialects, the long monophthong is pronounced (as in French ''peu''), for instance ''Kööm'' ~ ''Kœm'' 'caraway'.
The Low Saxon language in Hamburg is divided in several subdialects:
*Finkwarder Platt
*Olwarder Platt
*Veerlanner Platt (with many sub-sub-dialects)
*Barmbeker Platt.
The
Hamborger Veermaster is a famous sea shanty sung in the regional dialect.
Sources
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External links
*http://www.plattmaster.de
Culture in Hamburg
Northern Low Saxon dialects
German dialects
Languages of Germany
City colloquials
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