Utrecht

See also: utrecht

English

The city of Utrecht in the Netherlands

The province of Utrecht in the Netherlands

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^(key): /ˈjuˌtɹɛkt/, /ˈjuˌtɹɛxt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /juːˈtɹɛxt/

Proper noun

Utrecht

1. 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.

2. A municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands.
3. 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

city in the Netherlands

• Arabic: أُوترِخْت (utreḵt), أترخت
• Aramaic: ܐܘܛܪܝܟܛ
• Armenian: Ուտրեխտ (Utrext)
• Azerbaijani: Utreht, Utrext
• Belarusian: У́трэхт m (Útrext)
• Bulgarian: У́трехт m (Útreht)
• Burmese: ယူးထရက် (yu:hta.rak)
• Catalan: Utrecht m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 烏德勒支 / 乌德勒支 (wu¹ dak¹ laak⁶ zi¹)

  Mandarin: 烏得勒支 / 乌得勒支 (zh) (Wūdélēizhī), 烏特勒支 / 乌特勒支 (Wūtèlēizhī)

• Dutch: Utrecht (nl) n
• Esperanto: Utreĥto
• Farefare: Ʋtrɛktʋm
• Finnish: Utrecht
• Franco-Provençal: Utrèct ?
• French: Utrecht (fr) f
• Georgian: უტრეხტი (uṭrexṭi)
• German: Utrecht (de) n
• Greek: Ουτρέχτη (el) f (Outréchti)
• Hebrew: אוטרכט m
• Italian: Utrecht f
• Japanese: ユトレヒト (Yutorehito)
• Korean: 위트레흐트 (witeureheuteu)
• Latin: Traiectum n, Traiectum ad Rhenum n (classical); Trajectum n, Ultraiectum n, Ultrajectum n (New Latin); Trajectensis, Ultrajectensis, Rheno-Traiectinus, Ultrāiectīnus (adjectives)
• Latvian: Utrehta f
• Limburgish: Ötrei n, Utrech (li)
• Lithuanian: Utrechtas m
• Macedonian: У́трехт m (Útreht)
• Marathi: उट्रेख्त ? (uṭrekhta)
• Pashto: اوتریخت
• Persian: اوترخت (utarexat)
• Picard: Trèke f, Utrecht f
• Polish: Utrecht (pl) m
• Portuguese: Utreque
• Russian: У́трехт (ru) m (Útrɛxt)
• Spanish: Utrecht m, Utrech m
• Tamil: உத்ரெக்ட் (utrekṭ)
• Thai: ยูเทรกต์ (Yuuthárêek)
• Urdu: یوتریخت
• Uzbek: Utrext
• Veps: Utreht
• West Frisian: Utert -n
• Western Panjabi: یوترخت (yvtrxt)

province of the Netherlands

• Breton: Utrecht
• Bulgarian: У́трехт m (Útreht)
• Catalan: Utrecht m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烏得勒支省 / 乌得勒支省 (Wūdélèzhīshěng)

• Dutch: Utrecht (nl) n
• Esperanto: Utreĥto
• Farefare: Ʋtrɛktʋm
• Finnish: Utrecht
• French: Utrecht (fr) f
• Georgian: უტრეხტი (uṭrexṭi)
• German: Utrecht (de) n
• Greek: Ουτρέχτη (el) f (Outréchti)
• Italian: Utrecht m
• Japanese: ユトレヒト (Yutorehito)
• Latvian: Utrehta f
• Macedonian: У́трехт m (Útreht)
• Picard: Trèke f, Utrecht f
• Polish: Utrecht (pl) m
• Portuguese: Utreque
• Russian: У́трехт (ru) m (Útrɛxt)
• Spanish: Utrecht m, Utrech m
• West Frisian: Utert n

See also

• (Provinces of the Netherlands) provinces of the Netherlands; Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, North Brabant, North Holland, Overijssel, South Holland, Utrecht, Zeeland ^{(Category: en:Provinces of the Netherlands)}

Anagrams

• chutter

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [uˈtɾɛχt]

Proper noun

Utrecht m

1. Utrecht (a city in the Netherlands)

Dutch

provincie Utrecht

Utrecht province

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^(key): /ˈy.trɛxt/
• (Utrecht, Limburg) IPA^(key): /ˈy.trɛx/

• Audio (Northern):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Utrecht

Proper noun

Utrecht n

1. 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

2. 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
• (Provinces of the Netherlands) Provincies van Nederland; Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Holland, Overijssel, Zuid-Holland, Utrecht, Zeeland ^{(Category: nl:Provinces of the Netherlands)}

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.tʁɛkt/

Proper noun

Utrecht f

1. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
2. Utrecht (a city and capital of Utrecht, Netherlands)

Derived terms

• utrecht
• utrechtois
• utrechtoise
• velours d’Utrecht

 

See also

• (Provinces of the Netherlands) Provinces des Pays-Bas; Brabant-Septentrional, Drenthe, Flevoland, Frise, Gueldre, Groningue, Hollande-Septentrionale, Hollande-Méridionale, Limbourg, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zélande ^{(Category: fr:Provinces of the Netherlands)}

German

Alternative forms

• Ütrecht (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈyː.tʁɛçt/
• IPA^(key): /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)

1. Utrecht (a city in the Netherlands)
2. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)

Derived terms

• Utrechter
  • Utrechterin
• utrechtisch
  • Utrechtisch

See also

• (Provinces of the Netherlands) Provinzen der Niederlande; Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, Nordbrabant, Nordholland, Overijssel, Seeland, Südholland, Utrecht ^{(Category: de:Provinces of the Netherlands)}

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.trɛxt/
• Rhymes: -utrɛxt
• Syllabification: U‧trecht

Proper noun

Utrecht m inan

1. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
2. Utrecht (a city and capital of Utrecht, Netherlands)

Declension

Declension of Utrecht

	singular
nominative	Utrecht
genitive	Utrechtu
dative	Utrechtowi
accusative	Utrecht
instrumental	Utrechtem
locative	Utrechcie
vocative	Utrechcie

Derived terms

adjective

• utrechcki

 

See also

• (Provinces of the Netherlands) Prowincje Niderlandów; Brabancja Północna, Drenthe, Flevoland, Fryzja, Geldria, Groningen, Holandia Południowa, Holandia Północna, Limburgia, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zelandia ^{(Category: pl:Provinces of the Netherlands)}

Further reading

• Utrecht in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Utrecht.

Proper noun

Utrecht

1. Alternative form of Utreque

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

Proper noun

Utrecht m

1. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
2. Utrecht (a city and capital of Utrecht, Netherlands)