However, several phrases in Berlin German are typical of and unique to the city, indicating the manifold origins of immigrants, such as the Huguenots from France.

Since the 20th century, the Berlin dialect has been a colloquial standard in the surrounding Brandenburg region.

The area was later inhabited by immigrant Slavs, as evidenced by place and field names such as Kladow, Buckow and Köpenick, and by the Berlin word Kietz, ‘city neighborhood.’ The city of Berlin lies south of the Benrath Line and has been influenced by Low and Central German since its first documented mention in 1237.

From 1300-1500, immigration from the Flemish areas of the Holy Roman Empire the East Low German spoken in Berlin underwent a number of changes but was eventually abandoned as a colloquial language.

Only recently has this new dialect spread to the surrounding area, which had previously remained East Low German.

Berlin German has parallels to Colognian ("Kölsch"), which also has strong features of a regiolect and has been shaped by immigration over the centuries.

Both exhibit the characteristic softening of initial sounds, such as in jut (gut, 'good') and jehen (gehen, 'to go').

In the late 18th century, the common colloquial Brandenburg (or Markish) dialect, was replaced by a Central German koiné based on Upper Saxon.

The newly created koiné dialect, which was very similar to modern Berlin German, adopted individual words (ick, det, wat, doof) from the neighboring Low German-speaking areas.

Large numbers of immigrants from Saxony and Siliesia pushed back against some of the Low German elements of the Berlin dialect.

The majority use High German orthography, only changing letters or words to mark prominent differences in pronunciation.

[8] In modern Berlin German, er may be used for direct address, as in Hatter denn ooch’n jült’jen Fahrausweis?

This can also be see with the feminine sie (she), as in Hattse denn die fümf[9] Euro nich’n bisken kleena?

("Hat sie denn die fünf Euro nicht ein bisschen kleiner?