-hood

See also: hood, Hood, and 'hood

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der.

Proto-Germanic *haiduzder.

Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder.

Old English -hād

Middle English -hede

English -hood

From Middle English -hode, from Old English -hād, from Proto-West Germanic *-haidu, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz (compare -head).

Cognate with German -heit, -keit, Dutch -heid, Afrikaans -heid, Swedish -het, Elfdalian -iet, Norwegian Bokmål -het, Norwegian Nynorsk -heit, Danish -hed. The Swedish, Elfdalian, Norwegian and Danish endings were borrowed from Middle Low German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʊd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʊd

Suffix

-hood (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -hoods)

1. A substantive suffix denoting a condition or state of being.

   ‎child + ‎-hood → ‎childhood

2. A substantive suffix denoting a group sharing a specified condition or state.

   ‎brother + ‎-hood → ‎brotherhood

   ‎neighbour + ‎-hood → ‎neighbourhood

Synonyms

• -head (obsolete)
• -ness
• -ship
• -itude
• -th
• -ia
• -ity
• -icity
• -mony
• -osity
• -dom

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -hood

Adamhood

adjectivehood

adjuncthood

adminhood

adpositionhood

adulthood

adverbhood

affixhood

agenthood

allhood

allyhood

ancestorhood

angelhood

animalhood

anthood

antiquehood

aparthood

apehood

apostlehood

applehood

apprenticehood

arahanthood

archbishophood

archpriesthood

argumenthood

arhathood

arsehood

arthood

assholehood

asshood

athletehood

aunthood

authorhood

avatarhood

babehood

babyhood

bachelorhood

badgerhood

bairnhood

bananahood

bandhood

barberhood

bastardhood

beadlehood

beasthood

beastlihood

beautihood

beehood

beerhood

beggarhood

beinghood

believerhood

bellehood

betterhood

betweenhood

BFFhood

bimbohood

birdhood

birthhood

bishophood

bitchhood

blackhood

blindhood

blood brotherhood

bodyhood

bookhood

boroughhood

bosshood

bottomhood

bountihood

boyfriendhood

boyhood

brainhood

bravehood

bridehood

brotherhood

Buddahood

Buddhahood

buddyhood

buffhood

bumhood

burgherhood

calfhood

caliphhood

cardinalhood

cathood

celebritihood

celebrityhood

chairhood

chapmanhood

characterhood

chattelhood

chickenhood

chickhood

chiefhood

childhood

chosenhood

Christhood

Christianhood

cipherhood

citizenhood

cityhood

classhood

clausehood

clerkhood

clienthood

clitichood

clownhood

coachhood

codgerhood

colonyhood

colthood

commonhood

companionhood

compoundhood

consonanthood

convicthood

corpsehood

cougarhood

countryhood

countyhood

couplehood

cousinhood

cradlehood

creatorhood

creaturehood

cronehood

cubhood

cunthood

curmudgeonhood

daddyhood

dadhood

damehood

damselhood

darlinghood

daughterhood

deaconhood

deadlihood

deafhood

deerhood

deityhood

demigodhood

dervishhood

determinerhood

diaperhood

districthood

doctorhood

doghood

dollhood

dolthood

donkeyhood

dragonhood

drearihood

duchesshood

duckhood

dumbasshood

dumbhood

duncehood

dykehood

earthhood

egohood

elderhood

elephanthood

elfhood

empirehood

enemyhood

Englishhood

ensignhood

evenhood

eventhood

evilhood

exilehood

facthood

faggothood

fainthood

fairhood

fairyhood

fakehood

falsehood

familyhood

fanhood

farmerhood

fatherhood

femalehood

fiendhood

filmhood

firsthood

fishhood

flapperhood

fledglinghood

fleshhood

fleshlihood

flunkeyhood

foalhood

foehood

fogeyhood

foolhardihood

foolhood

footmanhood

foreverhood

Related terms

other terms ending in -hood

• falsehood
• likelihood
• livelihood
• unlikelihood
• hardihood
• lustihood
• brotherhood
• childhood
• fatherhood
• maidenhood
• maidhood
• manhood
• motherhood
• widowerhood
• widowhood
• womanhood
• sisterhood
• nationhood
• neighborhood
• statehood
• peoplehood
• selfhood
• singlehood
• villainhood
• statehooder
• godhood
• prophethood
• kinghood
• priesthood
• knighthood
• monkhood
• personhood
• sainthood
• servanthood
• serfhood
• victimhood

Translations

condition or state

Armenian: -ություն (-utʻyun) Chinese: Mandarin: 時期 / 时期 (zh) (shíqī) (time period), 狀態 / 状态 (zh) (zhuàngtài) (state) Czech: -ství (cs) n Danish: -hed (da) Dutch: -heid (nl) f Esperanto: -eco (eo) Finnish: -uus (fi) French: -ité (fr) f Galician: -dade (gl) f German: -heit (de), -keit (de), -schaft (de) Hungarian: -kor (hu), -ság/-ség (hu) Khmer: ភាព (km) (pʰiep) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: -tî (ku) Limburgish: -heid (li) f Macedonian: -ство (-stvo) Polish: -stwo (pl) n, -ctwo (pl) n, -ość (pl) f Portuguese: -idade (pt) f, -idão f Romanian: -itate (ro) f, -tate (ro) f, -ătate (ro) f, -eață f, -ețe f Russian: -ство (-stvo) Slovak: -stvo n Spanish: -dad (es) f, -edad (es) f, -idad (es) f Swahili: u- Swedish: -dom (sv) Thai: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: thời (time period), tuổi (vi) (time period) Zazaki: -in

group

Armenian: -ություն (-utʻyun) Chinese: Mandarin: 全體 / 全体 (zh) (quántǐ) (no exact equivalent exists) Finnish: -us (fi), -sto (fi) German: -schaft (de) Macedonian: -ство (-stvo) Polish: -stwo (pl) n Portuguese: -idade (pt) f Spanish: -dad (es) f, -edad (es) f, -idad (es) f Swedish: -skap (sv)

See also

• quiddity

Anagrams

• Hodo, hodo-

Middle English

Suffix

-hood

1. alternative form of -hede