Amsterdam

English

Etymology

Dutch, from the river Amstel + dam

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Amsterdam

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

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

Derived terms

• New Amsterdam

Translations

capital of the Netherlands

Afrikaans: Amsterdam Arabic: أمستردام (ar) ('amstirdaam) m. Armenian: Ամստերդամ (hy) (Amsterdam) Basque: Amsterdam (eu) Belarusian: Амстэрдам (be) (Amsterdám) m. Bosnian: Amsterdam (bs) m. Bulgarian: Амстердам (bg) (Amsterdám) Catalan: Amsterdam Chinese: Mandarin: 阿姆斯特丹 (cmn) (Āmǔsītèdān) Croatian: Amsterdam (hr) 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 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 Indonesian: Amsterdam (id) Irish: Amstardam (ga) m.

Italian: Amsterdam (it) f. Japanese: アムステルダム (ja) (Amusuterudamu) Kashubian: Amsterdam Korean: 암스테르담 (ko) (Amseutereudam) Latin: Amstelodamum Latvian: Amsterdama (lv) Limburgish: Amsterdam Lithuanian: Amsterdamas 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) (Amsterdám) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Амстердам m. Latin: Amsterdam m. Sicilian: Amsterdam 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

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Czech

Alternative forms

• Amsterodam

Proper noun

Amsterdam ?

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

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Dutch

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑm

Een gracht in Amsterdam.
A canal in Amsterdam.

• IPA: /ɑmstərˈdɑm/, SAMPA: /Amst@r"dAm/
• (Netherlands)

  Amsterdam

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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

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Proper noun

Amsterdam

1. Amsterdam, the nominal capital of the Netherlands

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Polish

Pronunciation

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

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Proper noun

Amsterdam m.

1. Amsterdam

Declension

	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