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.]