hossen

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German hotzen (“to swing, sway, tremble”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔsən

Verb

hossen

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

Conjugation

Conjugation 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, hos2	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. 2) In case of inversion.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• åssen

Etymology

From Old Norse hosso, hvorsu, from Old Norse hversu. Akin to Faroese hvussu (“how”).

Adverb

hossen

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1959; superseded by hvordan how (dialectal)
   • 1853, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter VIII:

     Men hossen gaaer det nu med Gampa jers, Paal?

     But how goes it with your dobbin, Paul?

References

• “hossen” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adverb

hossen

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of korleis