-ship

See also ship

English

Etymology

From Middle English -shippe, from Old English -sciepe (“state”), -scipe, from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz. Compare West Frisian -skip, Dutch -schap, German -schaft, Danish -skab.

Suffix

-ship

1. Appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being.

   fellow → fellowship

   owner → ownership

Synonyms

• (property or state of being): ‎-ness‎, ‎-hood‎, ‎-itude‎, ‎-th‎, ‎-ity‎

Derived terms

• See Category:English words suffixed with -ship

Translations

Property or state of being

• Bulgarian: -ство (bg) (-stvo) 
• Czech: -ství (cs)
• Dutch: -schap (nl)
• German: -schaft (de)
• Icelandic: -skapur
• Macedonian: -ство (mk) (-stvo)

• Polish: -stwo (pl) n
• Russian: -ство (ru) (-stvo) 
• Spanish: -azgo (es) m, -dad (es) f
• Swedish: -skap (sv)
• West Frisian: -skip (fy)