-hed
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Danish -het, from Middle Low German -heit, from Old Saxon -hēd.
Suffix
[edit]-hed
- Used to form abstract nouns from adjectives; function is similar to -ty and -ness.
- venlig - venlighed (friendly - friendliness)
Declension
[edit]| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | -hed | -heden | -heder | -hederne |
| genitive | -heds | -hedens | -heders | -hedernes |
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “-hed” in Den Danske Ordbog
Middle English
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-hed
- alternative form of -hede
Old Saxon
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *-haidu (“-hood”) (originally a noun, represented by Old Saxon hēd). Cognate with Old English -hād (English -hood), Dutch -heid, Old High German -heit (German -heit).
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-hēd
- forming nouns of condition or quality, from nouns or adjectives
- giwunohēd "habit"
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -hēd | -hēdi |
| accusative | -hēd | -hēdi |
| genitive | -hēdi | -hēdo |
| dative | -hēdi | -hēdum |
| instrumental | — | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Categories:
- Danish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms inherited from Old Danish
- Danish terms derived from Old Danish
- Danish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Danish terms derived from Old Saxon
- Danish lemmas
- Danish suffixes
- Danish noun-forming suffixes
- Middle English alternative forms
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Saxon terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Saxon lemmas
- Old Saxon suffixes
- Old Saxon u-stem nouns