Hamburg German, also known as Hamburg dialect or Hamburger dialect (natively Hamborger Platt, German: Hamburger Platt), 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' (< turn) and suutje 'gently' (< Dutch zoetjes).
Hamburg's name is pronounced [ˈhambɔːç]ⓘ in these dialects, with a "ch" similar to that in the standard German words ich or Milch (ich-Laut). Typical of the Hamburg dialects and other Lower Elbe dialects is the [ɔɪ̯] pronunciation (and eu spelling) for the diphthong /œɪ/ (written öö, öh or ö), e.g.:
in Hamburg
elsewhere
standard German
English translation
keupen [ˈkʰɔɪ̯pm̩]
köpen [ˈkʰœɪ̯pm̩]
kaufen [ˈkʰaʊ̯fn̩]
to buy
scheun [ʃɔɪ̯n]
schöön [ʃœɪ̯n]
schön [ʃøːn]
beautiful
However, as in most other Northern Low German dialects, the long monophthong /øː/ is pronounced [øː] (as in French peu), for instance Kööm ~ Kœm[kʰøːm] 'caraway'.
The Northern Low Saxon language in Hamburg is divided in several subdialects, namely:[citation needed]
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. The all-purpose greeting "moin" is universally used in Hamburg.
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