-het

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Suffix

-het

  1. can, could, may, might, be allowed to (possibility suffix added to verbs)
    felejt (“to forget”) → felejthet (“may forget, can forget”)

[edit] Usage notes

Member of the -hat/-het suffix cluster.

-hat is added to back vowel verbs
-het is added to front vowel verbs

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] See also

[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German -heit. Details: see below (Swedish).

[edit] Suffix

-het

  1. Suffix giving an adjective a nounal meaning; -ness
    kjølig - kjølighet (cool - coolness)

[edit] See also

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Swedish -het, which is borrowed from Middle Low German -heit. Cognate with Danish -hed, German -heit, Dutch -heid, English -hood.[1]

[edit] Suffix

-het

  1. Suffix giving an adjective a nounal meaning; -ness, -ity
    nödvändig - nödvändighet (necessary - necessity)

[edit] Derived terms

Swedish words suffixed with -het

[edit] References

  1. ^ -het in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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