hosselen
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Surinamese Dutch slang, either from English hustle (which itself derives from Dutch) or directly from hutselen, frequentative of hutsen, from Middle Dutch.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
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[edit]
| 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 | 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. | ||||
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Caribbean Hindustani: hossel kare
Further reading[edit]
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “hosselen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute