Amsterdam
See also: Ámsterdam
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæmstəˈdæm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæmstəɹˌdæm/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æm
Proper noun
Amsterdam
- 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
capital of the Netherlands
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Azerbaijani
| Cyrillic | Амстердам | |
|---|---|---|
| Perso-Arabic | آمستئردام | |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑmsterˈdɑm/
Audio (Baku) (file)
Proper noun
Amsterdam
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amsterdam m
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)
Derived terms
- amsterdamès
Czech
Alternative forms
- Amsterodam
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈamstɛrdam]
Proper noun
Amsterdam m inan (related adjective amsterdamský)
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)
Declension
Declension of Amsterdam (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Amsterdam |
| genitive | Amsterdamu |
| dative | Amsterdamu |
| accusative | Amsterdam |
| vocative | Amsterdame |
| locative | Amsterdamu |
| instrumental | Amsterdamem |
Further reading
- Amsterodam in Internetová jazyková příručka
Danish
Proper noun
Amsterdam
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)
Dutch

Een gracht in Amsterdam.
A canal 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)
Amsterdam (file) - Hyphenation: Am‧ster‧dam
- Rhymes: -ɑm
Proper noun
Amsterdam n
- 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
- 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
Proper noun
Amsterdam
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)
Faroese
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑmsterdɑm/, [ˈɑ̝ms̠te̞rdɑ̝m]
- Rhymes: -ɑmsterdɑm
- Syllabification(key): Ams‧ter‧dam
Proper noun
Amsterdam
- 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. | |||
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /am.stɛʁ.dam/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Amsterdam ?
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌamstɐˈdam/
Proper noun
Amsterdam n (proper noun, genitive Amsterdams or (optionally with an article) Amsterdam)
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)
Derived terms
Icelandic
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/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛrdam
- Syllabification: Am‧ster‧dam
Proper noun
Amsterdam m inan
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)
Declension
Portuguese
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈam.ster.dam]
Proper noun
Amsterdam n
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)
Declension
declension of Amsterdam (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) Amsterdam | Amsterdamul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) Amsterdam | Amsterdamului |
| vocative | Amsterdamule | |
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǎmsterdam/
- Hyphenation: Am‧ster‧dam
Proper noun
Àmsterdam m (Cyrillic spelling А̀мстердам)
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)
Declension
Declension of Amsterdam
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Amsterdam |
| genitive | Amsterdama |
| dative | Amsterdamu |
| accusative | Amsterdam |
| vocative | Amsterdame |
| locative | Amsterdamu |
| instrumental | Amsterdamom |
Slovak
Proper noun
Amsterdam m inan (genitive singular Amsterdamu, declension pattern of dub)
- 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amsteɾˈdam/ [ãms.t̪eɾˈð̞ãm]
- Rhymes: -am
- Syllabification: Ams‧ter‧dam
Proper noun
Amsterdam m
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)
Swedish
Proper noun
Amsterdam n (genitive Amsterdams)
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)
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