# Amsterdam
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌæmstəˈdæm/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈæmstəɹˌdæm/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -æm

### Proper noun

Amsterdam
* 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.
* 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

* Amsterdamer
* Amsterdam Time
* New Amsterdam
* Nieuw-Amsterdam

#### Translations
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

Inherited from Dutch Amsterdam.

### Proper noun

Amsterdam
* Amsterdam (the capital city of the Netherlands)
* Amsterdam (a municipality of North Holland, Netherlands)

#### Derived terms

* Amsterdammer
* Amsterdams

### See also

* Den Haag

## Azerbaijani
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑmsterˈdɑm/
* Audio (Baku):(file)

### Proper noun

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

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əms.tərˈdam]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ams.teɾˈðam]

### Proper noun

Amsterdam m
* 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: [ˈamstr̩dam]

### Proper noun

Amsterdam m inan (relational adjective amsterdamský)
* Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

### Proper noun

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

## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌɑm.stərˈdɑm/
* Audio (Netherlands):(file)
* Hyphenation: Am‧ster‧dam
* Rhymes: -ɑm

### Proper noun

Amsterdam n
* 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
* 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 (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

## Estonian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

### Proper noun

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

## Faroese
### Proper noun

Amsterdam ?
* Amsterdam (the capital of the Netherlands)

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑmsterdɑm/, [ˈɑ̝ms̠te̞rdɑ̝m]
* Rhymes: -ɑmsterdɑm
* Hyphenation: Ams‧ter‧dam

### Proper noun

Amsterdam
* Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)
    Synonym: Dami (informal)

#### Declension

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: /am.stɛʁ.dam/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Amsterdam f
* Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌamstɐˈdam/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Amsterdam n (proper noun, genitive Amsterdams or (optionally with an article) Amsterdam)
* Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

#### Derived terms

* Amsterdamer

## Icelandic
### Proper noun

Amsterdam f (proper noun, indeclinable)
* Amsterdam (the capital of the Netherlands)

## Italian
### Proper noun

Amsterdam f
* Amsterdam

#### Derived terms

* Nuova Amsterdam

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈam.stɛr.dam/, /amˈstɛr.dam/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -amstɛrdam, -ɛrdam
* Syllabification: Am‧ster‧dam

### Proper noun

Amsterdam m inan (related adjective amsterdamski)
* Amsterdam (the capital and largest city of the Netherlands)
* Amsterdam (a municipality of North Holland, Netherlands)

#### Derived terms

* amsterdamczyk
* amsterdamka

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃s.teʁˈdɐ̃/ [ɐ̃s.teɦˈdɐ̃]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃s.teʁˈdɐ̃/ [ɐ̃s.teɦˈdɐ̃]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ɐ̃s.teɾˈdɐ̃/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ɐ̃ʃ.teʁˈdɐ̃/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃s.teɻˈdɐ̃/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ̃ʃ.tɨɾˈdɐ̃/ [ɐ̃ʃ.tɨɾˈðɐ̃]

### Proper noun

Amsterdam f
* Alternative spelling of Amsterdã
* Alternative spelling of Amesterdão

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈam.ster.dam]

### Proper noun

Amsterdam n
* Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ǎmsterdam/
* Hyphenation: Am‧ster‧dam

### Proper noun

Àmsterdam m (Cyrillic spelling А̀мстердам)
* Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

### Proper noun

Amsterdam m inan (genitive singular Amsterdamu, declension pattern of dub)
* 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, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /amsteɾˈdam/ [ãms.t̪eɾˈð̞ãm]
* Rhymes: -am
* Syllabification: Ams‧ter‧dam

### Proper noun

Amsterdam m
* 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)
* Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)