# Utrecht
## English
### Etymology

From Dutch Utrecht, from Middle Dutch and Old Dutch variants of ūt (“out, outside”) + Latin Trāiectum ad Rhēnum (“Crossing-on-the-Rhine”), the Roman fort at the location, from trāicere (“to cross, to send across”), from trāns- (“trans-: through, across”) + iacere (“to throw”).

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈjuˌtɹɛkt/, /ˈjuˌtɹɛxt/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /juːˈtɹɛxt/

### Proper noun

Utrecht
* A city, the capital of Utrecht province, Netherlands.
    The Treaty of Utrecht (11 April 1713) recognized Anne as the rightful queen of England and yielded St Kitts and much of Canada to the English.
* A municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands.
* A province of the Netherlands.
** 2012, Hans den Besten, edited by Ton van der Wouden, Roots of Afrikaans: Selected writings of Hans den Besten (series: Creole Language Library 44), John Benjamins Publishing Company: Amsterdam / Philadelphia, p. 81:
    E.g. muug 'tired' in the Utrecht dialect (Ponelis 1990: 36). Utrechtian, which does not delete intervocalic [χ/ɣ], belongs to the group of Hollandic dialects, which is the Dutch dialect group most closely related to Afrikaans.

#### Derived terms

* Utrechtian
* Utrechtish
* Utrecht velvet

#### Translations
### See also

* Drenthe
* Flevoland
* Friesland
* Gelderland
* Groningen
* Limburg
* North Brabant
* North Holland
* Overijssel
* South Holland
* Utrecht
* Zeeland

### Anagrams

* chutter

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [uˈtɾɛχt]

### Proper noun

Utrecht m
* Utrecht (a city in the Netherlands)

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* Utregt, Utert, Uitrecht, Uitregt, Uitert (obsolete)
* Utreg, Utrech (dialect spelling)

### Etymology

From Middle Dutch utrecht, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Old Dutch ūt (“outside”) + Latin Traiectum, the name of the original Roman fort around which the city was built, a name meaning "crossing," from the verb traicio (“I go across, transfer”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈy.trɛxt/
* (Utrecht, Limburg) IPA: /ˈy.trɛx/
* Audio (Northern):(file)
* Hyphenation: Utrecht

### Proper noun

Utrecht n
* Utrecht (a city, municipality, and capital of Utrecht, Netherlands)
    Synonyms: Domstad (nickname), 030 (nickname), Utje (nickname), Leemput (Carnival nickname)
    Meronyms: Alendorp, Blauwkapel, De Meern, Haarzuilens, Lage Haar, Nedereindseweg, Ockhuizen, Oudenrijn, Rijnenburg, Stadsdam, Themaat, Veldhuizen, Vleuten
* Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
    Meronyms: Amersfoort, Baarn, Bunnik, Bunschoten, De Bilt, De Ronde Venen, Eemnes, Houten, IJsselstein, Leusden, Lopik, Montfoort, Nieuwegein, Oudewater, Renswoude, Rhenen, Soest, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Veenendaal, Vijfheerenlanden, Wijk bij Duurstede, Woerden, Woudenberg, Zeist

#### Derived terms

* Utrechtenaar
* Utrechter
* Utrechts
* Utrechtse

#### Descendants

* → English: Utrecht velvet
* → French: velours d’Utrecht
* → Portuguese: Utreque
* → Chinese: → 烏得勒支 / 乌得勒支 (Wūdélèzhī) (transliteration)

### See also

* Nedersticht
* Sticht
* Drenthe
* Flevoland
* Friesland
* Gelderland
* Groningen
* Limburg
* Noord-Brabant
* Noord-Holland
* Overijssel
* Utrecht
* Zeeland
* Zuid-Holland

### References

* ↑ LKSH. (1997). Germany: Schmidt-Römhild, p. 4

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /y.tʁɛkt/

### Proper noun

Utrecht f
* Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
* Utrecht (a city and capital of Utrecht, Netherlands)

#### Derived terms

* utrecht
* utrechtois
* utrechtoise
* velours d’Utrecht

### See also

* Brabant-Septentrional
* Drenthe
* Flevoland
* Frise
* Groningue
* Gueldre
* Hollande-Méridionale
* Hollande-Septentrionale
* Limbourg
* Overijssel
* Utrecht
* Zélande

## German
### Alternative forms

* Ütrecht (dated)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈyː.tʁɛçt/
* IPA: /ˈuː.tʁɛçt/, /ˈʊt.ʁɛçt/ (spelling pronunciations, rare in educated speech)
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Utrecht n (proper noun, genitive Utrechts or (optionally with an article) Utrecht)
* Utrecht (a city in the Netherlands)
* Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)

#### Derived terms

* Utrechter
** Utrechterin
* utrechtisch
** Utrechtisch

### See also

* Drenthe
* Flevoland
* Friesland
* Gelderland
* Groningen
* Limburg
* Nordbrabant
* Nordholland
* Overijssel
* Seeland
* Südholland
* Utrecht

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈu.trɛxt/
* Rhymes: -utrɛxt
* Syllabification: U‧trecht

### Proper noun

Utrecht m inan
* Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
* Utrecht (a city and capital of Utrecht, Netherlands)

#### Derived terms

* utrechcki

### See also

* Brabancja Północna
* Drenthe
* Flevoland
* Fryzja
* Geldria
* Groningen
* Holandia Południowa
* Holandia Północna
* Limburgia
* Overijssel
* Utrecht
* Zelandia

### Further reading

* Utrecht in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Utrecht.

### Proper noun

Utrecht
* Alternative form of Utreque

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

### Proper noun

Utrecht m
* Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
* Utrecht (a city and capital of Utrecht, Netherlands)