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

Afrikaans

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch Amsterdam.

Proper noun

Amsterdam

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

Derived terms

See also

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic Амстердам
Abjad 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈamstr̩dam]

Proper noun

Amsterdam m inan (related adjective amsterdamský)

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

Declension

Further reading

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, Nieuwendam, Ransdorp, Schellingwoude, 't Nopeind, Weesp, Zunderdorp
  2. Amsterdam Island, an island and overseas territory of France located in the southern Indian Ocean.

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/, [ˈɑ̝ms̠te̞rdɑ̝m]
  • 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)
    Synonym: Dami (informal)

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 —
abessive Amsterdamitta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Amsterdam (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Amsterdamini —
accusative nom. Amsterdamini —
gen. Amsterdamini
genitive Amsterdamini —
partitive Amsterdamiani —
inessive Amsterdamissani —
elative Amsterdamistani —
illative Amsterdamiini —
adessive Amsterdamillani —
ablative Amsterdamiltani —
allative Amsterdamilleni —
essive Amsterdaminani —
translative Amsterdamikseni —
abessive Amsterdamittani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Amsterdamisi —
accusative nom. Amsterdamisi —
gen. Amsterdamisi
genitive Amsterdamisi —
partitive Amsterdamiasi —
inessive Amsterdamissasi —
elative Amsterdamistasi —
illative Amsterdamiisi —
adessive Amsterdamillasi —
ablative Amsterdamiltasi —
allative Amsterdamillesi —
essive Amsterdaminasi —
translative Amsterdamiksesi —
abessive Amsterdamittasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Amsterdamimme —
accusative nom. Amsterdamimme —
gen. Amsterdamimme
genitive Amsterdamimme —
partitive Amsterdamiamme —
inessive Amsterdamissamme —
elative Amsterdamistamme —
illative Amsterdamiimme —
adessive Amsterdamillamme —
ablative Amsterdamiltamme —
allative Amsterdamillemme —
essive Amsterdaminamme —
translative Amsterdamiksemme —
abessive Amsterdamittamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Amsterdaminne —
accusative nom. Amsterdaminne —
gen. Amsterdaminne
genitive Amsterdaminne —
partitive Amsterdamianne —
inessive Amsterdamissanne —
elative Amsterdamistanne —
illative Amsterdamiinne —
adessive Amsterdamillanne —
ablative Amsterdamiltanne —
allative Amsterdamillenne —
essive Amsterdaminanne —
translative Amsterdamiksenne —
abessive Amsterdamittanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Amsterdaminsa —
accusative nom. Amsterdaminsa —
gen. Amsterdaminsa
genitive Amsterdaminsa —
partitive Amsterdamiaan
Amsterdamiansa
—
inessive Amsterdamissaan
Amsterdamissansa
—
elative Amsterdamistaan
Amsterdamistansa
—
illative Amsterdamiinsa —
adessive Amsterdamillaan
Amsterdamillansa
—
ablative Amsterdamiltaan
Amsterdamiltansa
—
allative Amsterdamilleen
Amsterdamillensa
—
essive Amsterdaminaan
Amsterdaminansa
—
translative Amsterdamikseen
Amsterdamiksensa
—
abessive Amsterdamittaan
Amsterdamittansa
—
instructive — —
comitative — —

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Amsterdam f

  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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃s.teʁˈdɐ̃/ [ɐ̃s.teɦˈdɐ̃]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ɐ̃s.teɾˈdɐ̃/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ʃ.teʁˈdɐ̃/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃s.teɻˈdɐ̃/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ʃ.tɨɾˈdɐ̃/ [ɐ̃ʃ.tɨɾˈðɐ̃]

Proper noun

Amsterdam f

  1. Alternative spelling of Amsterdã
  2. Alternative spelling of Amesterdão

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 inan (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 Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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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