Amsterdam

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Dutch, from the river Amstel + dam

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæmstəɹˌdæm/

• 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
• Arabic: أمستردام m ('amstirdaam)
• Armenian: Ամստերդամ (Amsterdam)
• Basque: Amsterdam (eu)
• Belarusian: Амстэрдам m (Amsterdám)
• Bulgarian: Амстердам (Amsterdám)
• Catalan: Amsterdam
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿姆斯特丹 (zh) (Āmǔsītèdān)

• Czech: Amsterdam (cs) m
• Danish: Amsterdam
• Dutch: Amsterdam (nl) n
• Esperanto: Amsterdamo
• Estonian: Amsterdam
• Finnish: Amsterdam (fi)
• French: Amsterdam (fr) m
• Galician: Ámsterdam
• Georgian: ამსტერდამი (amsterdami)
• 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 (Ámsterdam)
• Maltese: Amsterdam
• Norwegian: Amsterdam (no)
• Polish: Amsterdam (pl) m
• Portuguese: Amesterdão (pt) f, Amsterdã (pt) f (Brazil)
• Romanian: Amsterdam (ro) n
• Russian: Амстердам (ru) m (Amstɛrdám)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Амстердам m

  Latin: Amsterdam (sh) m

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

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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^(key): /ˌɑmstərˈdɑm/
• (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

• IPA^(key): /ˌamstɐˈdam/

• audio

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Proper noun

Amsterdam n (genitive Amsterdams)

1. Amsterdam, the nominal capital of the Netherlands

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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^(key): [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^(key): /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