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Ámsterdam
English
right|thumb|Canal houses in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Etymology
en :bor nl:Amsterdam + 1
Pronunciation
en /ˈæmstədæm/ /ˌæmstəˈdæm/ RP
en /ˈamstədam/ /ˌamstəˈdam/ SSB,Northern England,Wales
en /ˈamstəɾdam/ /ˌamstəɾˈdam/ Scotland
en /ˈæmstɚˌdæm/ GA
en en-us-Amsterdam.ogg US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Amsterdam.wav US
en æm 3
Proper noun
en Q727en city/and/municipality p/North Holland c/Netherlands ; capital city c/Netherlands.
en The Dutch seat of government is not the metropolis of Amsterdam but The Hague.
en While Amsterdam is the largest city in the province of Noord-Holland, Haarlem is the province capital.
en 2020-08-22 Katja Brokke Amsterdam has been collapsing for years. Now it's paying the price https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/amsterdam-collapsing/index.html w:CNN Travel Dijksma says that while 20 locations across Amsterdam are currently closed to heavy traffic, more are likely to follow. https://web.archive.org/web/20210110232759/https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/amsterdam-collapsing/index.html
en metonym The Dutch government.
en number of places c/USA, most being named after the Dutch city:
en ucomm co/Merced County s/California.
en ucomm co/Decatur County s/Georgia.
en minor city co/Bates County s/Missouri.
en CDP co/Gallatin County s/Montana.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Holland co/Hunterdon County s/New Jersey.
en town/and/city co/Montgomery County s/New York. TopoZone: Amsterdam, New York
en village co/Jefferson County s/Ohio.
en ucomm co/Licking County s/Ohio.
en ucomm co/Mercer County s/Pennsylvania.
en ucomm co/Brazoria County s/Texas.
en ucomm co/Botetourt County s/Virginia.
en hamlet rurmun/Buchanan p/Saskatchewan c/Canada.
en town p:suf/Mpumalanga c/South Africa.
Derived terms
en Ajax Amsterdam Amsterdam Time Amsterdamer Amsterdamese Islamsterdam New Amsterdam Nieuw-Amsterdam Vansterdam
Translations
capital of the Netherlands
Afrikaans: af Amsterdam
Albanian: sq Amsterdami m, sq Amsterdam m indefinite
Amharic: am አምስተርዳም
Arabic: ar أَمْسْتِرْدَام f
Armenian: hy Ամստերդամ
Asturian: ast Ámsterdam
Azerbaijani:
Arabic: az آمستردام Amsterdām
Latin: az Amsterdam
Basque: eu Amsterdam
Belarusian: be Амстэрда́м m
Bengali: bn আমস্টারডাম
Bulgarian: bg Амстерда́м
Burmese: my အမ်စတာဒမ်မြို့
Catalan: ca Amsterdam
Cherokee: chr ᎡᎻᏍᏔᏕᎻ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 阿姆斯特丹 aa3 mou5 si1 dak6 daan1
Mandarin: cmn 阿姆斯特丹 Āmǔsītèdān
Czech: cs Amsterdam m
Danish: da Amsterdam n
Dutch: nl Amsterdam n
Esperanto: eo Amsterdamo
Estonian: et Amsterdam
Farefare: gur Amstɛldam
Finnish: fi Amsterdam
French: fr Amsterdam m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Amsterdam
Galician: gl Ámsterdam
Georgian: ka ამსტერდამი
German: de Amsterdam n
Greek: el Άμστερνταμ n, dated el Αμστελόδαμο n
Ancient Greek: grc Ἀμστελόδαμον n
Hebrew: he אַמְסְטֶרְדָּם f ámsterdam
Hindi: hi ऐम्स्टर्डैम m, hi एम्स्टर्डम m
Hungarian: hu Amszterdam
Icelandic: is Amsterdam n
Ido: io Amsterdam
Indonesian: id Amsterdam
Irish: ga Amstardam m
Italian: it Amsterdam f
Japanese: ja アムステルダム Amusuterudamu
Kashubian: csb Amsterdam
Kazakh: kk Амстердам
Khmer: km អាំស្ទែដាំ
Korean: ko ^암스테르담
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Amsterdam
Kyrgyz: ky Амстердам
Lao: lo ອຳສະເຕີດຳ
Latin: la Amstelodamum
Latvian: lv Amsterdama f
Limburgish: li Amsterdam
Lithuanian: lt Amsterdamas m
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl Amsterdam
German Low German: nds-de Amsterdam
Macedonian: mk Амстердам m
Malay: ms Amsterdam
Maltese: mt Amsterdam
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Амстердам
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Amsterdam n
Nynorsk: nn Amsterdam n
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Амстердам m
Pashto: ps امستردام m amestardām
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira آمْسْتِرْدام
Polish: pl Amsterdam m
Portuguese: pt Amesterdão f Portugal, pt Amsterdã f Brazil
Romanian: ro Amsterdam n
Russian: ru Амстерда́м m Amstɛrdám
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh А̀мстердам m
Latin: sh Àmsterdam m
Sicilian: scn Amsterdam
Sinhalese: si ඈම්ස්ටර්ඩෑම්
Slovak: sk Amsterdam m
Slovene: sl Amsterdam m
Spanish: es Amsterdam m
Sranan Tongo: srn Damsko
Swedish: sv Amsterdam n
Tagalog: tl Amsterdam
Tajik: tg Амстердам
Tamil: ta ஆம்ஸ்டர்டம்
Tatar: tt Амстердам
Thai: th อัมสเตอร์ดัม
Tibetan: bo ཨེམ་སི་ཊར་ཌམ
Turkish: tr Amsterdam
Ottoman Turkish: ota آمستردام āmıstırdām, ota مصردام mısırdām
Turkmen: tk Amsterdam
Ukrainian: uk Амстерда́м m
Urdu: ur اَیمْسْٹَرْڈَیم m
Uyghur: ug ئامستېردام
Uzbek: uz Amsterdam
Vietnamese: vi Am-xtéc-đam
Yiddish: yi אַמסטערדאַם n
References
Afrikaans
af:
Etymology
af nl Amsterdam.
Proper noun
af Q727af capital city c/Netherlands Amsterdam
af Q9899af municipality p/North Holland c/Netherlands Amsterdam
Derived terms
af Amsterdammer
af Amsterdams
See also
af Den Haag
Azerbaijani
az:
Амстердам آمستئردام
Pronunciation
az LL-Q9292 (aze)-Zardabi Bakuvi-Amsterdam.wav Baku
Proper noun
no
az city/and/municipality p/North Holland c/Netherlands ; capital city c/Netherlands Amsterdam
Declension
a c no
Catalan
Etymology
ca :bor nl:Amsterdam
ca nl Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
ca city/and/municipality p/North Holland c/Netherlands ; capital city c/Netherlands Amsterdam
Derived terms
ca amsterdamès
Czech
cs:Amsterodam
Alternative forms
cs Amsterodam
Etymology
cs :bor nl:Amsterdam + 1
Pronunciation
Amstrdam
Proper noun
m-in amsterdamský
cs city/and/municipality p/North Holland c/Netherlands ; capital city c/Netherlands Amsterdam
Declension
m.sg
Further reading
Amsterodam
Danish
da:
Etymology
Borrowed from da nl Amsterdam.
Proper noun
da city/and/municipality p/North Holland c/Netherlands ; capital city c/Netherlands Amsterdam
Dutch
nl:
thumb|450px|Een gracht in Amsterdam.A canal in Amsterdam.
Etymology
nl :inh dum:Aemstelredam
First attested as amestelledamme in 1275. From nl dum Aemstelredam, from the river nl Amstel + nl dam.
Pronunciation
nl /ˌɑm.stərˈdɑm/
nl nl-Amsterdam.ogg Netherlands
nl Am ster dam
nl ɑm 3
Proper noun
n
nl city/and/municipality p/North Holland c/Netherlands ; capital city c/Netherlands Amsterdam
nl 020 Damsko Mokum Venetië van het Noorden Gròòtgragtegat slang nickname nickname Carnival nickname
nl Driemond Durgerdam Holysloot Nieuwendam Ransdorp Schellingwoude 't Nopeind Weesp Zunderdorp
nl Amsterdam Island, an <<island>> and overseas territory of <<c/France>> located in the southern Indian Ocean
Alternative forms
nl A'dam
Derived terms
nl amsterdamalbatros amsterdammertje Amsterdammer Amsterdams Amsterdamsewijk Nieuw-Amsterdam
References
amsterdam
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from et nl Amsterdam.
Proper noun
et proper noun
et city/and/municipality p/North Holland c/Netherlands ; capital city c/Netherlands Amsterdam
Faroese
fo:
Proper noun
fo proper noun ?
fo capital c/Netherlands Amsterdam
Finnish
Etymology
fi nl Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi city/and/municipality p/North Holland c/Netherlands ; capital city c/Netherlands Amsterdam
fi Dami informal
Declension
sg Amsterdam a 0
French
Etymology
fr :bor nl:Amsterdam
fr nl Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Fhala.K-Amsterdam.wav
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Amsterdam.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Amsterdam.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Amsterdam.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
Proper noun
f
fr city/and/municipality p/North Holland c/Netherlands ; capital city c/Netherlands Amsterdam
German
Etymology
de :bor nl:Amsterdam
de nl Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
de /ˌamstɐˈdam/
de De-Amsterdam2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
de city/and/municipality p/North Holland c/Netherlands ; capital city c/Netherlands Amsterdam
Derived terms
de Amsterdamer
Icelandic
is:
Proper noun
f.indecl
is capital c/Netherlands Amsterdam
Italian
Proper noun
f
en Amsterdam
Derived terms
it Nuova Amsterdam
Polish
pl:
thumb|Amsterdam
Etymology
pl :bor nl:Amsterdam + 1
Pronunciation
'Am.ster.dam,# Pl-Amsterdam.ogg
Proper noun
m-in amsterdamski
pl caplc c/Netherlands Amsterdam
pl municipality p/North Holland c/Netherlands Amsterdam
Declension
s
Derived terms
pl nouns amsterdamczyk amsterdamka
Further reading
pl exonyms
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :ubor nl:Amsterdam + 1
Proper noun
f
pt sometimes proscribed pt Amsterdã//Amesterdão
Usage notes
Amsterdã Amsterdão
Romanian
Etymology
ro :bor nl:Amsterdam + 1
Pronunciation
ro [ˈam.ster.dam]
Proper noun
n
ro city/and/municipality p/North Holland c/Netherlands ; capital city c/Netherlands Amsterdam
Declension
sg
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
sh nl Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
Àmsterdam
sh Am ster dam
Proper noun
Àmsterdam m-in
sh city/and/municipality p/North Holland c/Netherlands ; capital city c/Netherlands Amsterdam
Declension
Amsterdam Amsterdama Amsterdamu Amsterdam Amsterdame Amsterdamu Amsterdamom
Slovak
Etymology
sk :bor nl:Amsterdam + 1
Proper noun
m-in Amsterdamu dub
sk city/and/municipality p/North Holland c/Netherlands ; capital city c/Netherlands Amsterdam
References
Slovene
Etymology
sl nl Amsterdam.
Pronunciation
Ámsterdam
Proper noun
Ámsterdam m-in
sl city/and/municipality p/North Holland c/Netherlands ; capital city c/Netherlands Amsterdam
Declension
Ámsterdam sg
Derived terms
sl Ámsterdamčan / sl Ámsterdamčanka
sl ámsterdamski
References
Spanish
es:
Etymology
es :bor nl:Amsterdam + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
es Ámsterdam, es city/and/municipality p/North Holland c/Netherlands ; capital city c/Netherlands Amsterdam
Swedish
sv:
Etymology
sv nl Amsterdam.
Proper noun
n
sv city/and/municipality p/North Holland c/Netherlands ; capital city c/Netherlands Amsterdam