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 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, 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)

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 See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Amsterdam (type risti)
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 —
instructive — —
abessive Amsterdamittani —
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 —
instructive — —
abessive Amsterdamittasi —
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 —
instructive — —
abessive Amsterdamittamme —
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 —
instructive — —
abessive Amsterdamittanne —
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
—
instructive — —
abessive Amsterdamittaan
Amsterdamittansa
—
comitative — —

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 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 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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