Amsterdam
The verdict
“Amsterdam” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #5,560 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #5,560
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Hauptstadt der Niederlande
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Amsterdam |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˌamstɐˈdam] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #5,560 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Amsterdam” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Amsterdam is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌamstɐˈdam]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,560 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Amsterdam, with forms such as "ammsterdam", "amsetrdam", and "amssterdam". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Amsterdamer", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Amsterdam, spelled A-M-S-T-E-R-D-A-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt der Niederlande
- 2Stadt im US-Bundesstaat New York
- 3Gemeinde im US-Bundesstaat New York
- 4Ort im US-Bundesstaat Missouri
- 5Ort im US-Bundesstaat Ohio
- 6Ort in Kanada (Saskatchewan)
- 7Ort in Südafrika (Mpumalanga)
- 8Insel im Süden des Indischen Ozeans
- 9Insel bei Spitzbergen
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ammsterdam,amsetrdam,amssterdam,amstedram,amsteradm,amsterdamm,amsterddam,amsterdma,amsterrdam,amstredam,amstterdam,amtserdam,asmterdam,masterdam
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Amsterdam — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "Amsterdam"
Frequency rank: #5,560 in German
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Using “Amsterdam”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-M-S-T-E-R-D-A-M — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌamstɐˈdam] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Amsterdamer” — see the side-by-side comparison. Amsterdam vs Amsterdamer
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Nearby German words
Other entries that begin with the letter A in our German index: