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

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Verb

hosselen

  1. to work hard
  2. to acquire something or subsist with difficulty
  3. (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.

References

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