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Widely known is the nickname “Honisch” for Niedernberg. Contrary to what many believe, this has nothing to do with honey (Honig in German, and pronounced quite similarly), but rather comes from a former way of pronouncing the auxiliary verb haben (“have”). This word alone was enough to tell people from the surrounding communities apart by their dialect (Niedernberg: hohn, Großwallstadt: hewwe, Großostheim: haoun).
Earlier generations in Niedernberg customarily said, instead of the standard German habe ich (“have I”), the local form hohn isch, leading those in neighbouring places to give them the nickname “Honisch”. Over the years, this designation has become a “brandname”, particularly at Carnival time.
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