hosselen

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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

Conjugation

Conjugation of hosselen (weak)
infinitive hosselen
past singular hosselde
past participle gehosseld
infinitive hosselen
gerund hosselen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular hossel hosselde
2nd person sing. (jij) hosselt, hossel2 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. 2) In case of inversion.

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Descendants

  • → Caribbean Hindustani: hossel kare

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