No. 8,341 in Dutch
geweerschot
Gunshot.
In a sentence
Het geweerschot galmde door het stille bos.
The gunshot echoed through the quiet forest.
Here, 'geweerschot' is used as the subject of the sentence, indicating the sound made by a gun being fired.
Tijdens het jachtseizoen horen we vaak geweerschoten in de verte.
During hunting season, we often hear gunshots in the distance.
In this case, 'geweerschoten' is in the plural form and highlights the occurrence of multiple gunshots.
De jager controleerde zijn geweer na het lossen van een geweerschot.
The hunter checked his gun after firing a gunshot.
Here, 'geweerschot' represents a single act of firing a gun, being used as the object of the action performed.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “geweerschot” in actual Dutch podcasts.
Find “geweerschot” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Dutch podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into Nederlands, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Dutch books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).