-hood

See also hood, and 'hood

English

Etymology

From Old English -hād, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz, via Middle English -hode (compare -head). Cognate with German -heit, Dutch -heid, Swedish -het, Norwegian -het/-heit, Danish -hed. The Swedish, Norwegian and Danish endings are borrowed from West Germanic.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hʊd/
• Rhymes: -ʊd

Suffix

-hood

1. A condition or state of being the thing or being in the role denoted by the word it is suffixed to, usually a noun.

   child - childhood

2. A group sharing a specified condition or state.

   brother - brotherhood

   neighbor - neighborhood

Synonyms

• -head (obsolete)
• -ness
• -ship
• -itas
• -itude
• -th
• -ia
• -itia
• -ity
• -ability
• -ibility
• -icity
• -osity
• -ous
• -ose

Derived terms

• Category:English words suffixed with -hood

Related terms

other terms ending in -hood

brotherhood childhood falsehood fatherhood godhood knighthood

likelihood livelihood maidenhood maidhood manhood monkhood monkshood motherhood

nationhood neighborhood peoplehood personhood priesthood sainthood selfhood singlehood

sisterhood statehood statehooder unlikelihood widowerhood widowhood womanhood

Translations

condition or state

Armenian: -ություն (hy) (-ut’yun) Czech: -ství (cs) n. Danish: -hed (da)

Finnish: -uus (fi) German: -heit (de), -keit (de) Macedonian: -ство (mk) (-stvo)

group

Armenian: -ություն (hy) (-ut’yun) Finnish: -us (fi), -sto (fi)

German: -schaft (de) Macedonian: -ство (mk) (-stvo)

See also

• quiddity