Meanings
alternative obsolete Utright
- A city and municipality, 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 province of the Netherlands.
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.
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
Origin
- LatinTrāiectum ad Rhēnum“Crossing-on-the-Rhine”
- DutchUtrecht
- EnglishUtrecht
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”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic أُوترِخْت, أترخت
- أُوترِخْت (utreḵt)city in the Netherlands
- أترختcity in the Netherlands
Bulgarian У́трехт, У́трехт
- У́трехт (Útreht)city in the Netherlands
- У́трехт (Útreht)province of the Netherlands
Catalan Utrecht, Utrecht
- Utrechtcity in the Netherlands
- Utrechtprovince of the Netherlands
Chinese Cantonese 烏德勒支 /乌德勒支
- 烏德勒支 /乌德勒支 (wu¹ dak¹ laak⁶ zi¹)city in the Netherlands
Chinese Mandarin 烏得勒支 /乌得勒支, 烏特勒支 /乌特勒支
- 烏得勒支 /乌得勒支 (Wūdélēizhī)city in the Netherlands
- 烏特勒支 /乌特勒支 (Wūtèlēizhī)city in the Netherlands
- 烏得勒支省 /乌得勒支省 (Wūdélèzhīshěng)province of the Netherlands
Dutch Utrecht, Utrecht
- Utrechtcity in the Netherlands
- Utrechtprovince of the Netherlands
Esperanto Utreĥto, Utreĥto
- Utreĥtocity in the Netherlands
- Utreĥtoprovince of the Netherlands
Finnish Utrecht, Utrecht
- Utrechtcity in the Netherlands
- Utrechtprovince of the Netherlands
French Utrecht, Utrecht
- Utrechtcity in the Netherlands
- Utrechtprovince of the Netherlands
German Utrecht, Utrecht
- Utrechtcity in the Netherlands
- Utrechtprovince of the Netherlands
Greek Ουτρέχτη, Ουτρέχτη
- Ουτρέχτη (Outréchti)city in the Netherlands
- Ουτρέχτη (Outréchti)province of the Netherlands
Hebrew אוטרכט
- אוטרכטcity in the Netherlands
Hindi उट्रेख़्ट
- उट्रेख़्ट (uṭrexṭ)city in the Netherlands
Italian Utrecht, Utrecht
- Utrechtcity in the Netherlands
- Utrechtprovince of the Netherlands
Japanese ユトレヒト, ユトレヒト
- ユトレヒト (Yutorehito)city in the Netherlands
- ユトレヒト (Yutorehito)province of the Netherlands
Korean 위트레흐트
- 위트레흐트 (witeureheuteu)city in the Netherlands
Latin Traiectum, Traiectum ad Rhenum
- Traiectumcity in the Netherlands
- Traiectum ad Rhenumcity in the Netherlands
- Trajectumcity in the Netherlands
- Ultraiectumcity in the Netherlands
- Ultrajectumcity in the Netherlands
- Trajectensiscity in the Netherlands
- Ultrajectensiscity in the Netherlands
- Rheno-Traiectinuscity in the Netherlands
- Ultrāiectīnuscity in the Netherlands
Latvian Utrehta, Utrehta
- Utrehtacity in the Netherlands
- Utrehtaprovince of the Netherlands
Lithuanian Utrechtas
- Utrechtascity in the Netherlands
Persian اوترخت
- اوترخت (utarexat)city in the Netherlands
Polish Utrecht, Utrecht
- Utrechtcity in the Netherlands
- Utrechtprovince of the Netherlands
Portuguese Utreque, Utreque
- Utrequecity in the Netherlands
- Utrequeprovince of the Netherlands
Russian У́трехт, У́трехт
- У́трехт (Útrɛxt)city in the Netherlands
- У́трехт (Útrɛxt)province of the Netherlands
Spanish Utrecht, Utrech
- Utrechtcity in the Netherlands
- Utrechcity in the Netherlands
- Utrechtprovince of the Netherlands
- Utrechprovince of the Netherlands
Tamil உத்ரெக்ட்
- உத்ரெக்ட் (utrekṭ)city in the Netherlands
Thai ยูเทรกต์
- ยูเทรกต์ (Yuuthárêek)city in the Netherlands
Ukrainian Утрехт
- Утрехт (Utrext)city in the Netherlands
Urdu یوتریخت
- یوتریختcity in the Netherlands
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Cite this entry
Utrecht. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Utrecht
“Utrecht.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Utrecht. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Utrecht,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Utrecht.
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