hosselen
Dutch
Etymology
From Surinamese Dutch slang, either from English hustle (which itself derives from Dutch) or directly from hutselen, frequentative of hutsen, from Middle Dutch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦɔ.sə.lə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: hos‧se‧len
- Rhymes: -ɔsələn
Verb
hosselen
- (Suriname, Netherlands) to work hard
- (Suriname, Netherlands) to acquire something or subsist with difficulty
- (Suriname, Netherlands, slang) to obtain money illicitly, especially through drug dealing; to hustle
Inflection
| Inflection of hosselen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | hosselen | |||
| past singular | hosselde | |||
| past participle | gehosseld | |||
| infinitive | hosselen | |||
| gerund | hosselen n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | hossel | hosselde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | hosselt | hosselde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | hosselt | hosselde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | hosselt | hosselde | ||
| 3rd person singular | hosselt | hosselde | ||
| plural | hosselen | hosselden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | hossele | hosselde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | hosselen | hosselden | ||
| imperative sing. | hossel | |||
| imperative plur.1 | hosselt | |||
| participles | hosselend | gehosseld | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- hosselaar
References
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