stormgeweer

Dutch

Etymology

From stormen (“to storm, to assault”) +‎ geweer (“long gun, rifle; weapon”), in the sense “assault rifle” a calque of German Sturmgewehr.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈstɔrm.ɣəˌʋeːr/
  • Hyphenation: storm‧ge‧weer

Noun

stormgeweer n (plural stormgeweren)

  1. assault rifle [from 1940s]
    Synonym: aanvalsgeweer
  2. (archaic, rare, chiefly Protestantism) any weapon or weaponry used for storming a settlement or fortification [17th–ca. mid 20th c.]
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