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hobben.

to toil, struggle, to be worn out

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈɦɔ.bə(n)/
  1. to toil, struggle, to be worn out

    intransitive
  2. to plod, trudge

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch *hobben (attested only in the iterative hobbelen (“to move gently up and down, bob”)), from Old Dutch *hobbon, from Proto-West Germanic *hobbōn (“to move, stir, jump”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to bob, hop”).

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