- Hamburgisch
Hamburgisch is a group of
Northern Low Saxon varieties spoken inHamburg ,Germany . Occasionally, the term "Hamburgisch" is also used for Hamburg "Missingsch ", a variety ofstandard 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 is pronounced IPA2|ˈhambɔrç 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 (and spelling) "eu" (pronounced "oi") for the diphthong IPA|/œɪ/ (written "öö", "öh" or "ö"), e.g.
However, as in most other
Low Saxon (Low German) dialects, the long monophthong IPA|/øː/ is pronounced IPA| [øː] (as in French "peu"), for instance "Kööm" ~ "Kœm" IPA| [kʰøːm] ‘caraway’.The Low Saxon language in Hamburg is divided in several subdialects, e.g.
*Finkwarder Platt
*Olwarder Platt
*Veerlanner Platt (with many sub-sub-dialects)
*Barmbeker PlattThe
Hamborger Veermaster is a famous sea shanty sung in the regional dialect.Literature
*Citation |first1=Walther |last1=Christoph |first2=Agathe |last2=Lasch |first3=Hans |last3=Kuhn |first4=Ulrich |last4=Pretzel |first5=Käthe |last5=Scheel |frist6=Jürgen |last6=Meier |frist7=Dieter |last7=Möhn |year=1985-2006 |title=Hamburgisches Wörterbuch |location=Neumünster |publisher=K. Wachholtz |oclc=182559541 |edition=2 de icon nds icon
External links
*http://www.plattmaster.de
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