hosselen

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.

Synonyms

• chosselen

Derived terms

• hosselaar

Descendants

• → Caribbean Hindustani: hossel kare

Further reading

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “hosselen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute