Languages Spoken in Hamburg: German, English, Turkish, Polish, Russian, Persian

Hamburg, Germany's second-largest city, is linguistically diverse:

• German – Official language; ~1.7M speakers (metro).
• English – Widely spoken (~400K+); business, tourism, academia.
• Turkish – Largest minority language (post-1960s Gastarbeiter communities).
• Polish – Growing since EU expansion (2004).
• Russian – Post-Soviet migration (1990s+).
• Persian (Farsi) – Iranian diaspora community.

Over 180 nationalities call Hamburg home; multilingual signage and services are common.