tossen

Danish

Noun

tossen

  1. definite singular of tosse

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English toss.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.sə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔsən

Verb

tossen

  1. (transitive, of coins) to flip or toss (e.g. to settle a point of contention)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tossen (weak)
infinitive tossen
past singular toste
past participle getost
infinitive tossen
gerund tossen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular tos toste
2nd person sing. (jij) tost, tos2 toste
2nd person sing. (u) tost toste
2nd person sing. (gij) tost toste
3rd person singular tost toste
plural tossen tosten
subjunctive sing.1 tosse toste
subjunctive plur.1 tossen tosten
imperative sing. tos
imperative plur.1 tost
participles tossend getost
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “tossen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute