-heit

Meaning

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

Concepts

-ness

-hood

IA

Th

-ity

-y

-ous

-ship

ability

OSE

hood

Synonyms

-keit

-nis

-schaft

-tät

-

-ität

Translations

-heid

-idade

-schap

-idão

-teit

-nis

-ie

-te

-ité

-ia

-tî

-tas

-ium

-ite

Pronounced as (IPA)

/-haɪ̯t/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: -heit

Inherited from Old High German: -heit

Cognate with Dutch: -heid

Cognate with English: -hood

Cognate with Danish: -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.