hossen

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German hotzen (to swing, sway, tremble).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔsən

Verb[edit]

hossen

  1. (intransitive) to dance and bounce about arm in arm

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of hossen (weak)
infinitive hossen
past singular hoste
past participle gehost
infinitive hossen
gerund hossen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular hos hoste
2nd person sing. (jij) host hoste
2nd person sing. (u) host hoste
2nd person sing. (gij) host hoste
3rd person singular host hoste
plural hossen hosten
subjunctive sing.1 hosse hoste
subjunctive plur.1 hossen hosten
imperative sing. hos
imperative plur.1 host
participles hossend gehost
1) Archaic.

References[edit]

  1. ^ J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Adverb[edit]

hossen

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1959; superseded by hvordan

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Adverb[edit]

hossen

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of korleis