spookhuis

Meaning

haunted house (both for rides in fairgrounds or amusement parks and houses said to be haunted according to superstition)

Concepts

ghost train

dark ride

haunted house

Hyphenated as

spook‧huis

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈspoːk.ɦœy̯s/

Etymology

Compound of spook (“ghost”) + huis (“house”).

Sentences

Het was even schrikken , maar dat is natuurlijk het doel van een spookhuis .

It was a bit of a shock, but that is of course the purpose of a haunted house.