Amsterdam

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Dutch, from the river Amstel + dam

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈæmstəɹˌdæm/, X-SAMPA: /"{mst@r\%d{m/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -æm

Proper noun

Amsterdam

1. A major Dutch port city in North-Holland, nominal capital of The Netherlands.

   The Dutch seat of government is not metropolis of Amsterdam but The Hague.

Derived terms

• Amsterdamer
• New Amsterdam

Translations

capital of the Netherlands

• Afrikaans: Amsterdam (af)
• Arabic: أمستردام (ar) ('amstirdaam) m
• Armenian: Ամստերդամ (hy) (Amsterdam) 
• Basque: Amsterdam (eu)
• Belarusian: Амстэрдам (be) (Amsterdám) m 
• Bulgarian: Амстердам (bg) (Amsterdám) 
• Catalan: Amsterdam (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿姆斯特丹 (cmn) (Āmǔsītèdān)

• Czech: Amsterdam (cs) m
• Danish: Amsterdam (da)
• Dutch: Amsterdam (nl) n
• Esperanto: Amsterdamo (eo)
• Estonian: Amsterdam (et)
• Finnish: Amsterdam (fi)
• French: Amsterdam (fr) m
• Galician: Ámsterdam (gl)
• Georgian: ამსტერდამი (ka) (amsterdami) 
• German: Amsterdam (de) n
• Greek: Άμστερνταμ (el) (Ámsterdam) , (dated) Αμστελόδαμο (el) (Αμστελόδαμο) 
• Hebrew: אמסטרדם (he) (amsterdam) f
• Hindi: ऐम्स्टर्डैम (hi) (aimsṭarḍaim)
• Hungarian: Amszterdam (hu)
• Ido: Amsterdam (io)
• Indonesian: Amsterdam (id)
• Irish: Amstardam (ga) m
• Italian: Amsterdam (it) f
• Japanese: アムステルダム (ja) (Amusuterudamu)

• Kashubian: Amsterdam (csb)
• Korean: 암스테르담 (ko) (Amseutereudam)
• Latin: Amstelodamum (la)
• Latvian: Amsterdama (lv)
• Limburgish: Amsterdam (li)
• Lithuanian: Amsterdamas (lt)
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Amsterdam

  German Low German: Amsterdam

• Macedonian: Амстердам (mk) (Ámsterdam) m
• Maltese: Amsterdam (mt)
• Norwegian: Amsterdam (no)
• Polish: Amsterdam (pl) m
• Portuguese: Amesterdão (pt) f, Amsterdã (pt) f (Brazil)
• Romanian: Amsterdam (ro) n
• Russian: Амстердам (ru) (Amstɛrdám) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Амстердам (sh) m

  Latin: Amsterdam (sh) m

• Sicilian: Amsterdam (scn)
• Slovak: Amsterdam (sk) m
• Slovene: Amsterdam (sl) m
• Spanish: Amsterdam (es) m
• Swedish: Amsterdam (sv)
• Thai: อัมสเตอร์ดัม (th) (amsàdtêrdam)
• Turkish: Amsterdam (tr)
• Ukrainian: Амстердам (uk) (Amsterdám) m 
• West Frisian: Amsterdam (fy)

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Czech

Alternative forms

• Amsterodam

Proper noun

Amsterdam m

1. Amsterdam (major Dutch port city in Holland, nominal capital of The Netherlands)

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology

From Middle Dutch Aemstelredam, from the river Amstel + dam.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑm

Een gracht in Amsterdam.
A canal in Amsterdam.

• IPA: /ˌɑmstərˈdɑm/, X-SAMPA: /Amst@r"dAm/
• (Netherlands)

  Amsterdam

  (file)

Proper noun

Amsterdam n

1. Amsterdam, the nominal capital of the Netherlands

Abbreviations

• A'dam

Derived terms

• Amsterdammer m & adjective
• Amsterdams n & adjective
• Nieuw-Amsterdam n

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Estonian

Proper noun

Amsterdam

1. Amsterdam, the nominal capital of the Netherlands

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German

Pronunciation

• audio

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Proper noun

Amsterdam n

1. Amsterdam, the nominal capital of the Netherlands

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈams̪t̪ɛrd̪am/
• (colloquially) /amˈs̪t̪ɛrd̪am/,

  audio

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Proper noun

Amsterdam m

1. Amsterdam

Declension

    declension of Amsterdam

	singular only
nominative	Amsterdam
genitive	Amsterdamu
dative	Amsterdamowi
accusative	Amsterdam
instrumental	Amsterdamem
locative	Amsterdamie
vocative	Amsterdamie

Derived terms

• amsterdamczyk m, amsterdamka f
• adjective: amsterdamski

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [am.ster.dam]

Proper noun

Amsterdam n

1. Amsterdam, the nominal capital of the Netherlands

Declension

gender n	uncountable
Nom/Acc	Amsterdam
Gen/Dat	Amsterdamului

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ǎmsterdam/
• Hyphenation: Am‧ster‧dam

Proper noun

Àmsterdam m (Cyrillic spelling А̀мстердам)

1. Amsterdam

Declension

    declension of Amsterdam

	singular
nominative	Amsterdam
genitive	Amsterdama
dative	Amsterdamu
accusative	Amsterdam
vocative	Amsterdame
locative	Amsterdamu
instrumental	Amsterdamom