Amsterdam

See also: Ámsterdam

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æm

Proper noun

Amsterdam

2. A city and municipality of North 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
• Amsterdam Time
• New Amsterdam

Translations

capital of the Netherlands

• Afrikaans: Amsterdam
• Albanian: Amsterdami (sq) m, Amsterdam m (indefinite)
• Amharic: አምስተርዳም (ʾämsətärdam)
• Arabic: أَمْسْتِرْدَام f (ʔamstirdām)
• Armenian: Ամստերդամ (hy) (Amsterdam)
• Azerbaijani:

  Abjad: آمستردام (az) (Amsterdām)

  Roman: Amsterdam (az)

• Basque: Amsterdam (eu)
• Belarusian: Амстэрда́м m (Amsterdám)
• Bengali: আমস্টারডাম (amosṭaroḍam)
• Bulgarian: Амстерда́м (Amsterdám)
• Burmese: အမ်စတာဒမ်မြို့ (amca.tadammrui.)
• Catalan: Amsterdam
• Cherokee: ᎡᎻᏍᏔᏕᎻ (emistademi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿姆斯特丹 (aa³ mou⁵ si¹ dak⁶ daan¹)

  Mandarin: 阿姆斯特丹 (zh) (Āmǔsītèdān)

• Czech: Amsterdam (cs) m
• Danish: Amsterdam (da)
• Dutch: Amsterdam (nl) n
• Esperanto: Amsterdamo (eo)
• Estonian: Amsterdam (et)
• Farefare: Amstɛldam
• Finnish: Amsterdam (fi)
• French: Amsterdam (fr) m
• Galician: Ámsterdam
• Georgian: ამსტერდამი (ka) (amsṭerdami)
• German: Amsterdam (de) n
• Greek: Άμστερνταμ (el) n (Ámsterntam), (dated) Αμστελόδαμο (el) n (Amstelódamo)

  Ancient Greek: Ἀμστελόδαμον n (Amstelódamon)

• Hebrew: אַמְסְטֶרְדָּם (he) f (ámsterdam)
• Hindi: ऐम्स्टर्डैम m (aimsṭarḍaim), एम्स्टर्डम m (emsṭarḍam)
• Hungarian: Amszterdam (hu)
• Ido: Amsterdam
• Indonesian: Amsterdam
• Irish: Amstardam m
• Italian: Amsterdam (it) f
• Japanese: アムステルダム (ja) (Amusuterudamu)
• Kashubian: Amsterdam (csb)
• Kazakh: Амстердам (Amsterdam)
• Khmer: អាំស្ទែដាំ (km) (ʼamstɛɛdam)
• Korean: 암스테르담 (ko) (Amseutereudam)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Amsterdam (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Амстердам (Amsterdam)
• Lao: ອຳສະເຕີດຳ (ʼam sa tœ̄ dam)
• Latin: Amstelodamum
• Latvian: Amsterdama f
• Limburgish: Amsterdam (li)
• Lithuanian: Amsterdamas m
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Amsterdam

  German Low German: Amsterdam

• Macedonian: Амстердам m (Amsterdam)
• Malay: Amsterdam
• Maltese: Amsterdam
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Амстердам (Amsterdam)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Amsterdam (no)

  Nynorsk: Amsterdam

• Ottoman Turkish: آمستردام (āmıstırdām), مصردام (mısırdām)
• Pashto: امستردام m (amestardām)
• Persian: آمستردام (âmsterdâm)
• Polish: Amsterdam (pl) m
• Portuguese: Amesterdão (pt) (Portugal), Amsterdã (pt) f (Brazil)
• Romanian: Amsterdam (ro) n
• Russian: Амстерда́м (ru) m (Amstɛrdám)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: А̀мстердам m

  Latin: Àmsterdam (sh) m

• Sicilian: Amsterdam
• Sinhalese: ඈම්ස්ටර්ඩෑම් (ǣmsṭarḍǣm)
• Slovak: Amsterdam m
• Slovene: Amsterdam m
• Spanish: Amsterdam (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: Damsko
• Swedish: Amsterdam (sv)
• Tagalog: Amsterdam
• Tajik: Амстердам (Amsterdam)
• Tamil: ஆம்ஸ்டர்டம் (āmsṭarṭam)
• Tatar: Амстердам (Amsterdam)
• Thai: อัมสเตอร์ดัม (th) (am-sà-dtəə-dam)
• Tibetan: ཨེམ་སི་ཊར་ཌམ (em si ṭar ḍam)
• Turkish: Amsterdam (tr)
• Turkmen: Amsterdam
• Ukrainian: Амстерда́м (uk) m (Amsterdám)
• Urdu: ایمسٹرڈیم m (aimsṭarḍaim)
• Uzbek: Amsterdam
• Vietnamese: Am-xtéc-đam
• West Frisian: Amsterdam
• Yiddish: אַמסטערדאַם n (amsterdam)

Afrikaans

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch Amsterdam.

Proper noun

Amsterdam

2. Amsterdam (the capital city of the Netherlands)
4. Amsterdam (a municipality of North Holland, Netherlands)

Derived terms

• Amsterdammer
• Amsterdams

See also

• Den Haag

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		Амстердам
Abjad		آمستئردام

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑmsterˈdɑm/

• Audio (Baku):

  (file)

Proper noun

Amsterdam

1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əms.tərˈdam]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ams.teɾˈðam]

Proper noun

Amsterdam m

1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

Derived terms

• amsterdamès

Czech

Alternative forms

• Amsterodam

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈamstr̩dam]

Proper noun

Amsterdam m inan (related adjective amsterdamský)

1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

Declension

Declension of Amsterdam (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

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

Further reading

• “Amsterodam”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Proper noun

Amsterdam

1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

Dutch

Een gracht in Amsterdam.
A canal in Amsterdam.

Etymology

First attested as amestelledamme in 1275. From Middle Dutch Aemstelredam, from the river Amstel + dam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑm.stərˈdɑm/

• Audio (Netherlands):

  (file)

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

Proper noun

Amsterdam n

1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; 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

2. Amsterdam Island, an island and overseas territory of France located in the southern Indian Ocean

Alternative forms

• A'dam

Derived terms

• amsterdamalbatros
• amsterdammertje
• Amsterdammer
• Amsterdams
• Amsterdamsewijk
• Nieuw-Amsterdam

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “amsterdam”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Proper noun

Amsterdam

1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

Faroese

Proper noun

Amsterdam ?

1. Amsterdam (the capital of the Netherlands)

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑmsterdɑm/, [ˈɑ̝ms̠te̞rdɑ̝m]
• Rhymes: -ɑmsterdɑm
• Syllabification^(key): Ams‧ter‧dam

Proper noun

Amsterdam

1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

   Synonym: Dami (informal)

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	—
abessive		Amsterdamitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Amsterdam (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Amsterdamini — accusative nom. Amsterdamini — gen. Amsterdamini genitive Amsterdamini — partitive Amsterdamiani — inessive Amsterdamissani — elative Amsterdamistani — illative Amsterdamiini — adessive Amsterdamillani — ablative Amsterdamiltani — allative Amsterdamilleni — essive Amsterdaminani — translative Amsterdamikseni — abessive Amsterdamittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Amsterdamisi — accusative nom. Amsterdamisi — gen. Amsterdamisi genitive Amsterdamisi — partitive Amsterdamiasi — inessive Amsterdamissasi — elative Amsterdamistasi — illative Amsterdamiisi — adessive Amsterdamillasi — ablative Amsterdamiltasi — allative Amsterdamillesi — essive Amsterdaminasi — translative Amsterdamiksesi — abessive Amsterdamittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Amsterdamimme — accusative nom. Amsterdamimme — gen. Amsterdamimme genitive Amsterdamimme — partitive Amsterdamiamme — inessive Amsterdamissamme — elative Amsterdamistamme — illative Amsterdamiimme — adessive Amsterdamillamme — ablative Amsterdamiltamme — allative Amsterdamillemme — essive Amsterdaminamme — translative Amsterdamiksemme — abessive Amsterdamittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Amsterdaminne — accusative nom. Amsterdaminne — gen. Amsterdaminne genitive Amsterdaminne — partitive Amsterdamianne — inessive Amsterdamissanne — elative Amsterdamistanne — illative Amsterdamiinne — adessive Amsterdamillanne — ablative Amsterdamiltanne — allative Amsterdamillenne — essive Amsterdaminanne — translative Amsterdamiksenne — abessive Amsterdamittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Amsterdaminsa — accusative nom. Amsterdaminsa — gen. Amsterdaminsa genitive Amsterdaminsa — partitive Amsterdamiaan Amsterdamiansa — inessive Amsterdamissaan Amsterdamissansa — elative Amsterdamistaan Amsterdamistansa — illative Amsterdamiinsa — adessive Amsterdamillaan Amsterdamillansa — ablative Amsterdamiltaan Amsterdamiltansa — allative Amsterdamilleen Amsterdamillensa — essive Amsterdaminaan Amsterdaminansa — translative Amsterdamikseen Amsterdamiksensa — abessive Amsterdamittaan Amsterdamittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /am.stɛʁ.dam/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Amsterdam f

1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌamstɐˈdam/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Amsterdam n (proper noun, genitive Amsterdams or (optionally with an article) Amsterdam)

1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

Derived terms

• Amsterdamer

Icelandic

Proper noun

Amsterdam f

1. Amsterdam (the capital of the Netherlands)

Italian

Proper noun

Amsterdam f

1. Amsterdam

Derived terms

• Nuova Amsterdam

Polish

Amsterdam

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -amstɛrdam, -ɛrdam
• Syllabification: Am‧ster‧dam

Proper noun

Amsterdam m inan (related adjective amsterdamski)

1. Amsterdam (the capital and largest city of the Netherlands)
2. Amsterdam (a municipality of North Holland, Netherlands)

Declension

Declension of Amsterdam

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

Derived terms

nouns

• amsterdamczyk
• amsterdamka

 

Further reading

• Amsterdam in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Amsterdam in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃s.teʁˈdɐ̃/ [ɐ̃s.teɦˈdɐ̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃s.teʁˈdɐ̃/ [ɐ̃s.teɦˈdɐ̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃s.teɾˈdɐ̃/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ʃ.teʁˈdɐ̃/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃s.teɻˈdɐ̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ʃ.tɨɾˈdɐ̃/ [ɐ̃ʃ.tɨɾˈðɐ̃]

Proper noun

Amsterdam f

1. Alternative spelling of Amsterdã
2. Alternative spelling of Amesterdão

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈam.ster.dam]

Proper noun

Amsterdam n

1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North 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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Àmsterdam m (Cyrillic spelling А̀мстердам)

1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North 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

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Proper noun

Amsterdam m inan (genitive singular Amsterdamu, declension pattern of dub)

1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

References

• “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, 2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amsteɾˈdam/ [ãms.t̪eɾˈð̞ãm]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: Ams‧ter‧dam

Proper noun

Amsterdam m

1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

Proper noun

Amsterdam n (genitive Amsterdams)

1. Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)