-heid

Significat (English)

-ness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective.

Synonyms

-nis

-schap

-teit

-ie

-iteit

-te

’ie

schap

te

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɦɛi̯t/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from neerlandès mitjà: -heit

Inherited from Old Dutch: -heid

Cognate with alemany: -heit

Cognate with anglès: -hood

In summary

From Middle Dutch -heit, from Old Dutch -heid, from Proto-West Germanic *-haidu, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz. Cognate with German -heit, English -hood.