"-heit" meaning in German

See -heit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /-haɪ̯t/, [haɪ̯t] Audio: De--heit.ogg
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|-heit}} Middle High German -heit, {{inh|de|goh|-heit}} Old High German -heit, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*-haidu}} Proto-West Germanic *-haidu, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*haiduz|t=personality, character, manner, way}} Proto-Germanic *haiduz (“personality, character, manner, way”), {{cog|nl|-heid}} Dutch -heid, {{cog|en|-hood}} English -hood, {{cog|da|-hed}} Danish -hed Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} -heit f (genitive -heit, plural -heiten) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: -heit [genitive], -heiten [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], -heit [nominative, singular], -heiten [definite, nominative, plural], -heit [genitive, singular], -heiten [definite, genitive, plural], -heit [dative, singular], -heiten [dative, definite, plural], -heit [accusative, singular], -heiten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. 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: Tags: feminine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--heit-de-suffix-OtghL~MV
  2. Converts concrete nouns into abstract nouns: Tags: feminine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--heit-de-suffix-Y9mGoNdX Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -keit

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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