Amsterdam
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Een gracht in Amsterdam.
A canal in Amsterdam.
Amsterdam
See also: Ámsterdam
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
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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Afrikaans
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch Amsterdam.
Proper noun
Amsterdam
- Amsterdam (the capital city of the Netherlands)
- Amsterdam (a municipality of North Holland, Netherlands)
Derived terms
See also
Azerbaijani
| Cyrillic | Амстердам | |
|---|---|---|
| Abjad | آمستئردام | |
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amsterdam
- 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
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)
Derived terms
Czech
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
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 (in Czech)
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Proper noun
Amsterdam
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)
Dutch
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/
Audio (Netherlands): (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, Nieuwendam, 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
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Proper noun
Amsterdam
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)
Faroese
Proper noun
Amsterdam ?
- Amsterdam (the capital of the Netherlands)
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑmsterdɑm/,
- Rhymes: -ɑmsterdɑm
- Hyphenation(key): Ams‧ter‧dam
Proper noun
Amsterdam
- 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) | |||
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| 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. | ||
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amsterdam f
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
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
Proper noun
Amsterdam f
- Amsterdam (the capital of the Netherlands)
Italian
Proper noun
Amsterdam f
Derived terms
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈam.stɛr.dam/, /amˈstɛr.dam/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -amstɛrdam, -ɛrdam
- Syllabification: Am‧ster‧dam
Proper noun
Amsterdam m inan (related adjective amsterdamski)
- Amsterdam (the capital and largest city of the Netherlands)
- Amsterdam (a municipality of North Holland, Netherlands)
Declension
Declension of Amsterdam
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Amsterdam |
| genitive | Amsterdamu |
| dative | Amsterdamowi |
| accusative | Amsterdam |
| instrumental | Amsterdamem |
| locative | Amsterdamie |
| vocative | Amsterdamie |
Derived terms
nouns
Further reading
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amsterdam f
- Alternative spelling of Amsterdã
- Alternative spelling of Amesterdão
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
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
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
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
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
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 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, 2003–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amsterdam m
- 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)
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)