hosselen
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
Inflection of hosselen (weak) | ||||
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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