Rotterdam

R1O1T1T1E1R1D2A1M3
/ˈɹɒtə(ɹ)ˌdæm/

proper noun

A city in South Holland, Netherlands.

OriginDutch Rotterdam →
Less commonScrabble 12
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city in South Holland, Netherlands.
  2. A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
  3. A town and census-designated place therein, in Schenectady County, New York, United States.

Origin

  1. DutchRotterdam
  2. DutchRotterdam
  3. EnglishRotterdam

Borrowed from Dutch Rotterdam.

More words from Dutch

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic روتردام
  • روتردام (rūtirdām)city and port in South Holland, Netherlands
Basque Rotterdam
  • Rotterdamcity and port in South Holland, Netherlands
Chinese Mandarin 鹿特丹
  • 鹿特丹 (Lùtèdān)city and port in South Holland, Netherlands
Dutch Rotterdam
  • Rotterdamcity and port in South Holland, Netherlands
Esperanto Roterdamo
  • Roterdamocity and port in South Holland, Netherlands
French Rotterdam
  • Rotterdamcity and port in South Holland, Netherlands
German Rotterdam
  • Rotterdamcity and port in South Holland, Netherlands
Greek Ρότερνταμ
  • Ρότερνταμ (Róterntam)city and port in South Holland, Netherlands
Hindi रॉटर्डम
  • रॉटर्डम (rŏṭarḍam)city and port in South Holland, Netherlands
Hungarian Rotterdam
  • Rotterdamcity and port in South Holland, Netherlands
Japanese ロッテルダム
  • ロッテルダム (Rotterudamu)city and port in South Holland, Netherlands
Korean 로테르담
  • 로테르담 (Rotereudam)city and port in South Holland, Netherlands
Latin Roterodamum
  • Roterodamumcity and port in South Holland, Netherlands
Portuguese Roterdão, Roterdã
  • Roterdãocity and port in South Holland, Netherlands
  • Roterdãcity and port in South Holland, Netherlands
Russian Роттерда́м
  • Роттерда́м (Rottɛrdám)city and port in South Holland, Netherlands
Spanish Róterdam
  • Róterdamcity and port in South Holland, Netherlands
Turkish Rotterdam
  • Rotterdamcity and port in South Holland, Netherlands
Cite this entry
APA

Rotterdam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rotterdam

MLA

“Rotterdam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rotterdam. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Rotterdam,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rotterdam.

Source: Rotterdam on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.