Amsterdam
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæmstəˈdæm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæmstəɹˌdæm/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -æm
Proper noun
[edit]Amsterdam
- A city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the 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.
- A number of places in the United States, most being named after the Dutch city:
- An unincorporated community in Merced County, California.
- An unincorporated community in Decatur County, Georgia.
- A minor city in Bates County, Missouri.
- A census-designated place in Gallatin County, Montana.
- An unincorporated community in Holland Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
- A town and city in Montgomery County, New York.
- A village in Jefferson County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Licking County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Brazoria County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia.
- A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Buchanan, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
Derived terms
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Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Dutch Amsterdam.
Proper noun
[edit]Amsterdam
- Amsterdam (the capital city of the Netherlands)
- Amsterdam (a municipality of North Holland, Netherlands)
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Azerbaijani
[edit]Cyrillic | Амстердам | |
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Abjad | آمستئردام |
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Amsterdam
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the capital city of the Netherlands)
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Amsterdam m
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the capital city of the Netherlands)
Derived terms
[edit]Czech
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Amsterdam m inan (relational adjective amsterdamský)
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the capital city of the Netherlands)
Declension
[edit]singular | |
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nominative | Amsterdam |
genitive | Amsterdamu |
dative | Amsterdamu |
accusative | Amsterdam |
vocative | Amsterdame |
locative | Amsterdamu |
instrumental | Amsterdamem |
Further reading
[edit]- “Amsterodam”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Proper noun
[edit]Amsterdam
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the capital city of the Netherlands)
Dutch
[edit]A canal in Amsterdam.
Etymology
[edit]First attested as amestelledamme in 1275. From Middle Dutch Aemstelredam, from the river Amstel + dam.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌɑm.stərˈdɑm/
Audio (Netherlands): (file) - Hyphenation: Am‧ster‧dam
- Rhymes: -ɑm
Proper noun
[edit]Amsterdam n
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the 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
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “amsterdam”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Proper noun
[edit]Amsterdam
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the capital city of the Netherlands)
Faroese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Amsterdam ?
- Amsterdam (the capital of the Netherlands)
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɑmsterdɑm/, [ˈɑ̝ms̠te̞rdɑ̝m]
- Rhymes: -ɑmsterdɑm
- Syllabification(key): Ams‧ter‧dam
- Hyphenation(key): Ams‧ter‧dam
Proper noun
[edit]Amsterdam
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the capital city of the Netherlands)
- Synonym: Dami (informal)
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Amsterdam f
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the capital city of the Netherlands)
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Amsterdam n (proper noun, genitive Amsterdams or (optionally with an article) Amsterdam)
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the capital city of the Netherlands)
Derived terms
[edit]Icelandic
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Amsterdam f (proper noun, indeclinable)
- Amsterdam (the capital of the Netherlands)
Italian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Amsterdam f
Derived terms
[edit]Polish
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈam.stɛr.dam/, /amˈstɛr.dam/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -amstɛrdam, -ɛrdam
- Syllabification: Am‧ster‧dam
Proper noun
[edit]Amsterdam m inan (related adjective amsterdamski)
- Amsterdam (the capital and largest city of the Netherlands)
- Amsterdam (a municipality of North Holland, Netherlands)
Declension
[edit]singular | |
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nominative | Amsterdam |
genitive | Amsterdamu |
dative | Amsterdamowi |
accusative | Amsterdam |
instrumental | Amsterdamem |
locative | Amsterdamie |
vocative | Amsterdamie |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Amsterdam.
Proper noun
[edit]Amsterdam f
- (sometimes proscribed) alternative spelling of Amsterdã / Amesterdão
Usage notes
[edit]The Portuguese-Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 recommends the use of nativized placenames (instead of unadapted borrowings or partial calques) if these are established in the language. As such, the forms Amsterdã or Amsterdão are preferred.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Amsterdam n
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the capital city of the Netherlands)
Declension
[edit]singular only | indefinite | definite |
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nominative-accusative | Amsterdam | Amsterdamul |
genitive-dative | Amsterdam | Amsterdamului |
vocative | Amsterdamule |
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Àmsterdam m (Cyrillic spelling А̀мстердам)
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the capital city of the Netherlands)
Declension
[edit]singular | |
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nominative | Amsterdam |
genitive | Amsterdama |
dative | Amsterdamu |
accusative | Amsterdam |
vocative | Amsterdame |
locative | Amsterdamu |
instrumental | Amsterdamom |
Slovak
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Proper noun
[edit]Amsterdam m inan (genitive singular Amsterdamu, declension pattern of dub)
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the capital city of the Netherlands)
References
[edit]- “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, 2003–2025
Slovene
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ámsterdam m inan
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the capital city of the Netherlands)
Declension
[edit]Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
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nominative | Ámsterdam | |
genitive | Ámsterdama | |
singular | ||
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Ámsterdam | |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Ámsterdama | |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
Ámsterdamu | |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Ámsterdam | |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Ámsterdamu | |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Ámsterdamom |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “Amsterdam”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “Amsterdam”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Amsterdam m
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the capital city of the Netherlands)
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.
Proper noun
[edit]Amsterdam n (genitive Amsterdams)
- Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the capital city of the Netherlands)
- English terms borrowed from Dutch
- English terms derived from Dutch
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/æm
- Rhymes:English/æm/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Amsterdam
- en:Cities in North Holland, Netherlands
- en:Cities in the Netherlands
- en:Municipalities of North Holland, Netherlands
- en:Places in North Holland, Netherlands
- en:Places in the Netherlands
- en:National capitals
- English terms with usage examples
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in California, USA
- en:Places in California, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Georgia, USA
- en:Places in Georgia, USA
- en:Cities in Missouri, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in Missouri, USA
- en:Census-designated places in Montana, USA
- en:Places in Montana, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in New Jersey, USA
- en:Places in New Jersey, USA
- en:Towns in New York, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Cities in New York, USA
- en:Places in New York, USA
- en:Villages in Ohio, USA
- en:Villages in the United States
- en:Places in Ohio, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Ohio, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Places in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Texas, USA
- en:Places in Texas, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Virginia, USA
- en:Places in Virginia, USA
- en:Villages in Saskatchewan, Canada
- en:Villages in Canada
- en:Places in Saskatchewan, Canada
- en:Places in Canada
- en:Towns in Mpumalanga, South Africa
- en:Towns in South Africa
- en:Places in Mpumalanga, South Africa
- en:Places in South Africa
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans proper nouns
- af:Amsterdam
- af:Cities in the Netherlands
- af:National capitals
- af:Places in the Netherlands
- af:Municipalities of North Holland, Netherlands
- af:Places in North Holland, Netherlands
- Azerbaijani terms with IPA pronunciation
- Azerbaijani terms with audio pronunciation
- Azerbaijani lemmas
- Azerbaijani proper nouns
- az:Amsterdam
- az:Cities in North Holland, Netherlands
- az:Cities in the Netherlands
- az:Municipalities of North Holland, Netherlands
- az:Places in North Holland, Netherlands
- az:Places in the Netherlands
- az:National capitals
- Catalan terms borrowed from Dutch
- Catalan terms derived from Dutch
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan uncountable nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Amsterdam
- ca:Cities in North Holland, Netherlands
- ca:Cities in the Netherlands
- ca:Municipalities of North Holland, Netherlands
- ca:Places in North Holland, Netherlands
- ca:Places in the Netherlands
- ca:National capitals
- Czech terms borrowed from Dutch
- Czech terms derived from Dutch
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech inanimate nouns
- cs:Amsterdam
- cs:Cities in North Holland, Netherlands
- cs:Cities in the Netherlands
- cs:Municipalities of North Holland, Netherlands
- cs:Places in North Holland, Netherlands
- cs:Places in the Netherlands
- cs:National capitals
- Czech uncountable nouns
- Czech masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns
- Danish terms borrowed from Dutch
- Danish terms derived from Dutch
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:Amsterdam
- da:Cities in North Holland, Netherlands
- da:Cities in the Netherlands
- da:Municipalities of North Holland, Netherlands
- da:Places in North Holland, Netherlands
- da:Places in the Netherlands
- da:National capitals
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑm
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑm/3 syllables
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Amsterdam
- nl:Cities in North Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Cities in the Netherlands
- nl:Municipalities of North Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Places in North Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands
- nl:National capitals
- nl:Islands
- nl:Places in France
- Estonian terms borrowed from Dutch
- Estonian terms derived from Dutch
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- et:Amsterdam
- et:Cities in North Holland, Netherlands
- et:Cities in the Netherlands
- et:Municipalities of North Holland, Netherlands
- et:Places in North Holland, Netherlands
- et:Places in the Netherlands
- et:National capitals
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- fo:Amsterdam
- fo:Cities in the Netherlands
- fo:National capitals
- fo:Places in the Netherlands
- Finnish terms borrowed from Dutch
- Finnish terms derived from Dutch
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑmsterdɑm
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑmsterdɑm/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Amsterdam
- fi:Cities in North Holland, Netherlands
- fi:Cities in the Netherlands
- fi:Municipalities of North Holland, Netherlands
- fi:Places in North Holland, Netherlands
- fi:Places in the Netherlands
- fi:National capitals
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- French terms borrowed from Dutch
- French terms derived from Dutch
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French feminine nouns
- fr:Amsterdam
- fr:Cities in North Holland, Netherlands
- fr:Cities in the Netherlands
- fr:Municipalities of North Holland, Netherlands
- fr:Places in North Holland, Netherlands
- fr:Places in the Netherlands
- fr:National capitals
- German terms borrowed from Dutch
- German terms derived from Dutch
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Amsterdam
- de:Cities in North Holland, Netherlands
- de:Cities in the Netherlands
- de:Municipalities of North Holland, Netherlands
- de:Places in North Holland, Netherlands
- de:Places in the Netherlands
- de:National capitals
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic indeclinable nouns
- Icelandic uncountable nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- is:Amsterdam
- is:Cities in the Netherlands
- is:National capitals
- is:Places in the Netherlands
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian uncountable proper nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Polish terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Polish terms borrowed from Dutch
- Polish terms derived from Dutch
- Polish 3-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/amstɛrdam
- Rhymes:Polish/amstɛrdam/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛrdam
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛrdam/3 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- pl:Amsterdam
- pl:Cities in the Netherlands
- pl:National capitals
- pl:Places in the Netherlands
- pl:Municipalities of North Holland, Netherlands
- pl:Places in North Holland, Netherlands
- Polish singularia tantum
- Polish exonyms
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Dutch
- Portuguese unadapted borrowings from Dutch
- Portuguese terms derived from Dutch
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese uncountable proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese proscribed terms
- Romanian terms borrowed from Dutch
- Romanian terms derived from Dutch
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian proper nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns
- ro:Amsterdam
- ro:Cities in North Holland, Netherlands
- ro:Cities in the Netherlands
- ro:Municipalities of North Holland, Netherlands
- ro:Places in North Holland, Netherlands
- ro:Places in the Netherlands
- ro:National capitals
- Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from Dutch
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Dutch
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- sh:Amsterdam
- sh:Cities in North Holland, Netherlands
- sh:Cities in the Netherlands
- sh:Municipalities of North Holland, Netherlands
- sh:Places in North Holland, Netherlands
- sh:Places in the Netherlands
- sh:National capitals
- Slovak terms borrowed from Dutch
- Slovak terms derived from Dutch
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak proper nouns
- Slovak masculine nouns
- Slovak inanimate nouns
- sk:Amsterdam
- sk:Cities in North Holland, Netherlands
- sk:Cities in the Netherlands
- sk:Municipalities of North Holland, Netherlands
- sk:Places in North Holland, Netherlands
- sk:Places in the Netherlands
- sk:National capitals
- Slovene terms borrowed from Dutch
- Slovene terms derived from Dutch
- Slovene 3-syllable words
- Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovene lemmas
- Slovene proper nouns
- Slovene masculine inanimate nouns
- Slovene masculine nouns
- Slovene inanimate nouns
- sl:Amsterdam
- sl:Cities in North Holland, Netherlands
- sl:Cities in the Netherlands
- sl:Municipalities of North Holland, Netherlands
- sl:Places in North Holland, Netherlands
- sl:Places in the Netherlands
- sl:National capitals
- Slovene masculine hard o-stem nouns
- Spanish terms borrowed from Dutch
- Spanish terms derived from Dutch
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/am
- Rhymes:Spanish/am/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish uncountable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Amsterdam
- es:Cities in North Holland, Netherlands
- es:Cities in the Netherlands
- es:Municipalities of North Holland, Netherlands
- es:Places in North Holland, Netherlands
- es:Places in the Netherlands
- es:National capitals
- Swedish terms borrowed from Dutch
- Swedish terms derived from Dutch
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Amsterdam
- sv:Cities in North Holland, Netherlands
- sv:Cities in the Netherlands
- sv:Municipalities of North Holland, Netherlands
- sv:Places in North Holland, Netherlands
- sv:Places in the Netherlands
- sv:National capitals