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Also Dicker, Digger, Diggah or Diggha is a german phrase, that is the equivalent to the english term bro, dude or homie.

In the german language you can describe someone as "dicker Freund" which literally translates to "fat friend" but actually means "close friend"; so a "Dicker/Digga" is a "close one"

The "ck" in Dicker changed to the "gg" in Digga because of the Hamburg dialect. Further the word was popularized by the hip hop culture of northern Germany in the early 90s and is today used all over the country especially in Berlin.

The german word is a positive one and has nothing to do with the american derogatory term "ni**er“
Hey Digga lang nicht mehr gesehen! - Hey bro long time no see!

Was geht Digga? - What's up dude?
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It's a German word mostly used in or around Hamburg which has absolutely nothing to do with the word nigger!
It's said that it was used by dockers in Hamburg for the first time and was later adopted by the Hamburger Hip-Hop Wave in the early 90s!
It has the same meaning as the English "mate", "dude" or "bro" depending on the context!
"Digga, hast du ein Problem?!" - "You got a problem, dude?"

"Ey Digga, was geht?" - "Yo dude, what's up?"
Digga by gunjah29 August 10, 2009
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German slang, similar to 'dude' in english.. comes from the word dicker originally. dicker literally means fatty but in german is used as 'dude' or 'bro'
dicker -> digga = same thing
NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WORD NIGGA/NIGGER IN ENGLISH!
ey digga, was geht?
digga by themezza6 July 17, 2011
German word meaning dude or bro. Not used to offend, because it has nothing to do with "nigga".
Digga by LinitaLebe April 24, 2016
german term which got absolutely nothing to do with the word nigga!
came up at the mid/late 90s german hip hop wave.
mostly used by north-german (hamburg) rappers like "das bo".
was geht digga - whats up man
digga by shiny bling bling December 28, 2005
german term which got absolutely nothing to do with the word nigga!

came up at the 90s german hip-hop in Hamburg

mostly used in hamburg rappers like "Samy Deluxe" and "E-KNOCK"
was geht digga

whats up dawg - whats up digga
Digga by E-KNOCK March 29, 2010
Australian slang for friend or associate. Also used to refer to an individual or to oneself.
What's a digga to think? You're nothing but a fink.

This is my digga Robbo, who works at the Last Chance Hotel.
digga by Original Digga June 1, 2005