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Where does “Hamburg” come from?

Hamburg (German) comes from Old High German Hammaburg.

Hamburg (German): Hamburg

Definitions

  1. Hamburg

Ancestry of “Hamburg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High GermanHammaburg—

Words derived from “Hamburg”

  • Hamburg
  • hamburger
  • burger
  • Hamburger
  • burgery
  • hamburgerology
  • butterburger
  • minihamburger
  • burgerless
  • miniburger
  • burgerlicious
  • nonburger
  • doucheburger
  • hamburgerlike
  • burguer
  • бургер
  • га́мбургер
  • hamburger
  • Burger
  • Hamburger Schule
  • Hamburger
  • hamburger
  • 漢堡
  • burgeri
Every word from Old High German Hammaburg →