-heit

Bedeutung (English)

1. (feminine,morpheme) Converts an adjective into a noun and usually denotes an abstract quality of the adjectival root. It is often equivalent to the English suffixes -ness, -th, -ty, -dom
2. (feminine,morpheme) Converts concrete nouns into abstract nouns

Synonyms

-keit

-nis

-schaft

-tät

-

-ität

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/-haɪ̯t/

Etymology (English)

Inherited from Mittelhochdeutsch: -heit

Inherited from Althochdeutsch: -heit

Cognate with Niederländisch: -heid

Cognate with Englisch: -hood

Cognate with Dänisch: -hed

In summary

From Middle High German -heit, from Old High German -heit, from Proto-West Germanic *-haidu, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *haiduz (“personality, character, manner, way”). Cognate with Dutch -heid, English -hood, Danish -hed.