Hamburg 2010. Hamburg Hamburg (; ; officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg; ; Low German/Low Saxon: "Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg") is the second-largest city in Germany with a population of over 1.8 million. One of Germany's 16 federal states, it is surrounded by Schleswig-Holstein to the north and Lower Saxony to the south. The city's metropolitan region is home to more than five million people. Hamburg lies on the River Elbe and two of its tributaries, the River Alster and the River Bille. The official name reflects Hamburg's history as a member of the medieval Hanseatic League and a
Hamburg German "eu" (pronounced "oi") for the diphthong (written "öö", "öh" or "ö"), e.g. However, as in most other Low Saxon (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, e.g. The Hamborger Veermaster is a famous sea shanty sung in the regional dialect. 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