Amsterdam

See also: Ámsterdam

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæmstəˈdæm/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæmstəɹˌdæm/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -æm

Proper noun

Amsterdam

  1. A city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands.
    The Dutch seat of government is not the metropolis of Amsterdam but The Hague.
    While Amsterdam is the largest city in the province of Noord-Holland, Haarlem is the province capital.

Derived terms

Translations


Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic Амстердам
Perso-Arabic آمستئردام

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑmsterˈdɑm/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Amsterdam

  1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amsterdam m

  1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

Derived terms

  • amsterdamès

Czech

Alternative forms

  • Amsterodam

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈamstɛrdam]

Proper noun

Amsterdam m

  1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

Declension


Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Proper noun

Amsterdam

  1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

Dutch

Een gracht in Amsterdam.
A canal in Amsterdam.

Etymology

First attested as amestelledamme in 1275. From Middle Dutch Aemstelredam, from the river Amstel + dam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑm.stərˈdɑm/
  • (Netherlands)
    (file)
  • Hyphenation: Am‧ster‧dam
  • Rhymes: -ɑm

Proper noun

Amsterdam n

  1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)
    Synonyms: 020, Damsko (nickname), Mokum (nickname), Venetië van het Noorden (nickname), Gròòtgragtegat (Carnival nickname)
    Meronyms: Driemond, Durgerdam, Holysloot, Ransdorp, Schellingwoude, 't Nopeind, Weesp, Zunderdorp

Alternative forms

Derived terms

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), amsterdam”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Proper noun

Amsterdam

  1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

Faroese

Proper noun

Amsterdam ?

  1. Amsterdam (the capital of the Netherlands)

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑmsterdɑm/, [ˈɑms̠t̪e̞rdɑm]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmsterdɑm
  • Syllabification(key): Ams‧ter‧dam

Proper noun

Amsterdam

  1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

Declension

Inflection of Amsterdam (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Amsterdam
genitive Amsterdamin
partitive Amsterdamia
illative Amsterdamiin
singular plural
nominative Amsterdam
accusative nom. Amsterdam
gen. Amsterdamin
genitive Amsterdamin
partitive Amsterdamia
inessive Amsterdamissa
elative Amsterdamista
illative Amsterdamiin
adessive Amsterdamilla
ablative Amsterdamilta
allative Amsterdamille
essive Amsterdamina
translative Amsterdamiksi
instructive
abessive Amsterdamitta
comitative
Possessive forms of Amsterdam (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person Amsterdamini Amsterdamimme
2nd person Amsterdamisi Amsterdaminne
3rd person Amsterdaminsa

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /am.stɛʁ.dam/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Amsterdam ?

  1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌamstɐˈdam/

Proper noun

Amsterdam n (proper noun, genitive Amsterdams or (optionally with an article) Amsterdam)

  1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

Derived terms


Icelandic

Proper noun

Amsterdam f

  1. Amsterdam (the capital of the Netherlands)

Italian

Proper noun

Amsterdam f

  1. Amsterdam

Derived terms

  • Nuova Amsterdam

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam, from Middle Dutch Aemstelredam, from the river Amstel + dam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈam.stɛr.dam/, (colloquial, nonstandard) /amˈstɛr.dam/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrdam
  • Syllabification: Am‧ster‧dam

Proper noun

Amsterdam m inan

  1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns
  • amsterdamczyk
  • amsterdamka

Further reading

  • Amsterdam in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Amsterdam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Amsterdam f

  1. Alternative form of Amsterdã

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈam.ster.dam]

Proper noun

Amsterdam n

  1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

Declension


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎmsterdam/
  • Hyphenation: Am‧ster‧dam

Proper noun

Àmsterdam m (Cyrillic spelling А̀мстердам)

  1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

Declension


Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Proper noun

Amsterdam m (genitive singular Amsterdamu, declension pattern of dub)

  1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

References

  • Amsterdam in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amsteɾˈdam/ [ãms.t̪eɾˈð̞ãm]
  • Rhymes: -am
  • Syllabification: Ams‧ter‧dam

Proper noun

Amsterdam m

  1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Proper noun

Amsterdam n (genitive Amsterdams)

  1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)
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