Amsterdam

See also: Ámsterdam

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæmstəˈdæm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæmstəɹˌdæm/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -æm

Proper noun

Amsterdam

1. A city and municipality of Noord-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

• Amsterdamer
• New Amsterdam

Translations

capital of the Netherlands

• Afrikaans: Amsterdam
• Arabic: أَمْسْتِرْدَام‎ m (ʾamstirdām)
• Armenian: Ամստերդամ (Amsterdam)
• Basque: Amsterdam (eu)
• Belarusian: Амстэрда́м m (Amsterdám)
• Bulgarian: Амстерда́м (Amsterdám)
• Catalan: Amsterdam
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿姆斯特丹 (zh) (Āmǔsītèdān)

• Czech: Amsterdam (cs) m
• Danish: Amsterdam (da)
• Dutch: Amsterdam (nl) n
• Esperanto: Amsterdamo (eo)
• Estonian: Amsterdam
• Finnish: Amsterdam (fi)
• French: Amsterdam (fr) m
• Galician: Ámsterdam
• Georgian: ამსტერდამი (amsṭerdami)
• German: Amsterdam (de) n
• Greek: Άμστερνταμ (el) (Ámsterntam), (dated) Αμστελόδαμο (Amstelódamo)
• Hebrew: אמסטרדם‎ f (amsterdam)
• Hindi: ऐम्स्टर्डैम (aimsṭarḍaim)
• Hungarian: Amszterdam (hu)
• Ido: Amsterdam
• Indonesian: Amsterdam
• Irish: Amstardam m
• Italian: Amsterdam (it) f
• Japanese: アムステルダム (Amusuterudamu)
• Kashubian: Amsterdam (csb)

• Korean: 암스테르담 (ko) (Amseutereudam)
• Latin: Amstelodamum
• Latvian: Amsterdama
• Limburgish: Amsterdam (li)
• Lithuanian: Amsterdamas
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Amsterdam

  German Low German: Amsterdam

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

  Cyrillic: Амстердам m

  Latin: Amsterdam (sh) m

• Sicilian: Amsterdam
• Slovak: Amsterdam m
• Slovene: Amsterdam m
• Spanish: Amsterdam (es) m
• Swedish: Amsterdam (sv)
• Tagalog: Amsterdam
• Thai: อัมสเตอร์ดัม (th) (amsàdtêrdam)
• Turkish: Amsterdam (tr)
• Ukrainian: Амстерда́м (uk) m (Amsterdám)
• West Frisian: Amsterdam
• Yiddish: אַמסטערדאַם‎ (amsterdam)

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Catalan

Proper noun

Amsterdam m

1. A city and municipality of Noord-Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands.

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Czech

Alternative forms

• Amsterodam

Proper noun

Amsterdam m

1. A city and municipality of Noord-Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands.

Declension

Declension

	singular
nominative	Amsterdam
genitive	Amsterdamu
dative	Amsterdamu
accusative	Amsterdam
vocative	Amsterdame
locative	Amsterdamu
instrumental	Amsterdamem

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Danish

Proper noun

Amsterdam

1. A city and municipality of Noord-Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands.

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Dutch

Een gracht in Amsterdam.
A canal in Amsterdam.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑmstərˈdɑm/
• (Netherlands)

  Amsterdam

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Am‧ster‧dam
• Rhymes: -ɑm

Proper noun

Amsterdam n

1. A city and municipality of Noord-Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands.

   Synonyms: 020, Damsko, Mokum

Alternative forms

• A'dam

Derived terms

• Amsterdammer
• Amsterdams
• Nieuw-Amsterdam

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Estonian

Proper noun

Amsterdam

1. A city and municipality of Noord-Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands.

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Finnish

Proper noun

Amsterdam

1. A city and municipality of Noord-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		—	—

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /am.stɛʁ.dam/

Proper noun

Amsterdam

1. A city and municipality of Noord-Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands.

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌamstɐˈdam/

• audio

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Proper noun

Amsterdam n (genitive Amsterdams)

1. A city and municipality of Noord-Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈam.stɛr.dam/, (colloquial, nonstandard) /amˈstɛr.dam/

• audio

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Proper noun

Amsterdam m

1. A city and municipality of Noord-Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands.

Declension

declension of Amsterdam

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

Derived terms

• amsterdamczyk m, amsterdamka f
• adjective: amsterdamski

Further reading

• Amsterdam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Amsterdam f

1. Alternative form of Amsterdã

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈam.ster.dam]

Proper noun

Amsterdam n

1. A city and municipality of Noord-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

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎmsterdam/
• Hyphenation: Am‧ster‧dam

Proper noun

Àmsterdam m (Cyrillic spelling А̀мстердам)

1. A city and municipality of Noord-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

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Spanish

Proper noun

Amsterdam m

1. A city and municipality of Noord-Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands.

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Swedish

Proper noun

Amsterdam n (genitive Amsterdams)

1. A city and municipality of Noord-Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands.