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)/
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  • Hyphenation: hos‧se‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɔsələn

Verb

hosselen

  1. (Suriname, Netherlands) to work hard
    Synonyms: ploeteren, zwoegen
  2. (Suriname, Netherlands) to acquire something or subsist with difficulty
  3. (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 hosselhosselde
2nd person sing. (jij) hosselthosselde
2nd person sing. (u) hosselthosselde
2nd person sing. (gij) hosselthosselde
3rd person singular hosselthosselde
plural hosselenhosselden
subjunctive sing.1 hosselehosselde
subjunctive plur.1 hosselenhosselden
imperative sing. hossel
imperative plur.1 hosselt
participles hosselendgehosseld
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

  • hosselaar

References

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