Dictionary

-hood en · X

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /hʊd/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood From Middle English -hode, from Old English -hād, from Proto-West Germanic *-haidu, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz (compare -head). Cognate with German -heit, -keit, Dutch -heid, Afrikaans -heid, Swedish -het, Elfdalian -iet, Norwegian Bokmål -het, Norwegian Nynorsk -heit, Danish -hed. The Swedish, Elfdalian, Norwegian and Danish endings were borrowed from Middle Low German.

Meanings

1. (countable, morpheme, uncountable) A substantive suffix denoting a condition or state of being.
   • child + -hood → childhood
2. (countable, morpheme, uncountable) A substantive suffix denoting a group sharing a specified condition or state.
   • brother + -hood → brotherhood
   • neighbour + -hood → neighbourhood

Forms

Relateds

serfhood · widowhood · priesthood · widowerhood · manhood · knighthood · brotherhood · selfhood · falsehood · godhood · lustihood · statehood · unlikelihood · fatherhood · victimhood · maidenhood · livelihood · sisterhood · hardihood · childhood · prophethood · motherhood · sainthood · monkhood · neighborhood · peoplehood · personhood · villainhood · quiddity · servanthood · nationhood · kinghood · maidhood · likelihood · statehooder · womanhood · singlehood

Synonyms

-ity · -itude · -th · -ness · -osity · -head · -ship · -ia · -mony · -dom · -icity

Translations (52)

kmr -tî (condition or state) · zza -in (condition or state) · fi -us (group) · de -schaft (condition or state) · es -edad (group) · sv -skap (group) · cmn 時期 /时期 (condition or state) · fr -ité (condition or state) · es -dad (group) · pl -ctwo (condition or state) · de -keit (condition or state) · pl -stwo (group) · hu -ség (condition or state) · hu -ság (condition or state) · sw u- (condition or state) · es -idad (condition or state) · ro -tate (condition or state) · nl -heid (condition or state) · pt -idão (condition or state) · es -dad (condition or state) · pt -idade (condition or state) · gl -dade (condition or state) · mk -ство (condition or state) · ro -itate (condition or state) · vi thời (condition or state) · sv -dom (condition or state) · ro -eață (condition or state) · fi -sto (group) · sk -stvo (condition or state) · pl -ość (condition or state) · da -hed (condition or state) · cmn 全體 /全体 (group) · pl -stwo (condition or state) · ru -ство (condition or state) · hy -ություն (group) · de -heit (condition or state) · pt -idade (group) · eo -eco (condition or state) · mk -ство (group) · hy -ություն (condition or state) · ro -ețe (condition or state) · es -edad (condition or state) · vi tuổi (condition or state) · cmn 狀態 /状态 (condition or state) · fi -uus (condition or state) · ro -ătate (condition or state) · cs -ství (condition or state) · es -idad (group) · hu -kor (condition or state) · li -heid (condition or state) · km ភាព (condition or state) · de -schaft (group)