About The Word “Amsterdam”

Everything you wanted to know about the word “amsterdam”, including spelling, parts of speech, “amsterdam” meaning and origins, anagrams, rhyming words, encodings, crossword clues and much more!

How to spell “amsterdam”

Amsterdam is spelled a-m-s-t-e-r-d-a-m and has 9 letters.


How many vowels and consonants in “amsterdam”

The word “amsterdam” has 6 consonants and 3 vowels.


How many syllables in “amsterdam”?

There is 1 syllable in the word “amsterdam”.


What type of word is “amsterdam”?

The word "amsterdam" can be a N/A.

Meaning of the word “amsterdam”

Amsterdam is the capital city of the Netherlands, known for its rich history, artistic heritage, elaborate canal system, and vibrant culture. The name "Amsterdam" is derived from "Amstelredamme," which refers to the city's origin as a dam on the river Amstel.
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Common misspellings of “amsterdam”

Ahmsterdam, amstardam

Scrambled words derived from “amsterdam”

Amrstmeda, maatdesmr, eatmdrsam, rdmmtesaa, satardmem, atamsedmr, mreaasmtd, taamemdrs, dasammter, tamesrdma, srdeaatmm, smrmedata, smaremtda, rmsematda, rdtmamsae, eaatmrsmd, tmmedaasr, amtsrmaed, metaramds, aeardmmst, atsadrmem, tsmaarmed, damseatmr, amratdems, aesrtmmda

Crossword clues for “amsterdam”

Dutch capital's dam strangely maternal (9).

Fun facts about the word “amsterdam”

The word “amsterdam” has a Scrabble score of 14 and reads madretsma in reverse.


Phonetic spelling of “amsterdam”

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The phonetic alphabet, specifically the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), is a system of notation for the sounds of languages created by linguists. Unlike conventional written alphabets, which vary across languages and can have inconsistent mappings of symbols to sounds, the IPA is designed to provide a consistent and universally understood means of transcribing the sounds of any spoken language.

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“amsterdam” spelled in Morse code

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Morse code is a method used in telecommunication to encode text characters as sequences of two different signal durations, called dots and dashes, or dits and dahs. It was developed in the 1830s and 1840s by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail for their new invention, the telegraph, which required a simple way to transmit text messages across long distances.

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ASCII spelling of “amsterdam”

Lowercase word: 97 109 115 116 101 114 100 97 109

Uppercase word: 65 77 83 84 69 82 68 65 77

ASCII, which stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard used by computers and electronic devices to understand and represent text.

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Binary spelling of “amsterdam”

Lowercase word: 1100001 1101101 1110011 1110100 1100101 1110010 1100100 1100001 1101101

Uppercase word: 1000001 1001101 1010011 1010100 1000101 1010010 1000100 1000001 1001101

Binary encoding is a system that computers and digital devices use to represent and process information. It's based on binary numbers, which are composed only of zeros and ones, known as bits.

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Hexadecimal value of “amsterdam”

Lowercase hexadecimal word: 0x61 0x6D 0x73 0x74 0x65 0x72 0x64 0x61 0x6D

Uppercase hexadecimal word: 0x41 0x4D 0x53 0x54 0x45 0x52 0x44 0x41 0x4D

Hexadecimal is a number system commonly used in computing as a human-friendly way of representing binary data. Unlike the decimal system, which is base 10 and uses digits from 0 to 9, the hexadecimal system is base 16, using digits from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F to represent the values 10 to 15.

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Decimal spelling of “amsterdam”

Lowercase: 97 109 115 116 101 114 100 97 109

Upprcase: 65 77 83 84 69 82 68 65 77

The decimal system, also known as base-10, is the numerical system most commonly used by people in everyday life. It's called "base-10" because it uses ten digits: 0 through 9. Each position in a decimal number represents a power of 10.

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Octal value of “amsterdam”

Lowercase: 141 155 163 164 145 162 144 141 155

Upprcase: 101 115 123 124 105 122 104 101 115

Octal is a base-8 number system used in digital computing. Unlike the decimal system which uses ten digits (0-9), and the binary system which uses two (0 and 1), the octal system uses eight digits: 0 through 7. Each position in an octal number represents a power of 8.

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