Hamburg German 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’ (< turn) and "suutje" ‘gently’ (< Dutch "zoetjes"). 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 (and spelling)
German frigate Hamburg German frigate Hamburg Hamburg is a "Sachsen"-class frigate of the German Navy. Built by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel, "Hamburg" was the second of the "Sachsen" class to be launched and then commissioned into the German Navy. She is based at Wilhelmshaven, initially as part of "1. Fregattengeschwader" with the other ships of the "Sachsen" class, and from 9 January 2005 as part of the "2. Fregattengeschwader", which itself became part of the new "Einsatzflottille 2" on 27 June 2005. "Hamburg" joined Operation Atalanta, the EU-led anti-piracy mission, in November 2010. She was on deployment with EUNAVFOR until March 2011. Between 24