No. 8,588 in Dutch
horrorfilm
A movie intended to scare or disturb its audience.
In a sentence
Ik keek gisteren een spannende horrorfilm.
I watched an exciting horror film yesterday.
In this sentence, the word 'horrorfilm' is used to describe a type of movie, specifically one belonging to the horror genre.
Ze vertelde me dat ze niet van horrorfilms houdt omdat ze te eng zijn.
She told me that she doesn't like horror films because they are too scary.
Here, 'horrorfilms' is used in plural form to refer to movies of the horror genre in general.
Een klassieke horrorfilm zoals 'Dracula' kan erg boeiend zijn.
A classic horror film such as 'Dracula' can be very captivating.
In this context, 'horrorfilm' is used to refer to a specific instance or example of a movie in the genre of horror.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “horrorfilm” in actual Dutch podcasts.
Find “horrorfilm” 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).