-hood

/hʊd/

suffix

A substantive suffix denoting a condition or state of being.

“child + -hood → childhood”

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-head-ness-ship-itude-th-ia-ity-icity
OriginProto-Germanic *haiduz ← Proto-Indo-European *keyt- →
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Meanings

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

plural -hoods

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

    child + -hood → childhood

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

    brother + -hood → brotherhood

    1 more example

    neighbour + -hood → neighbourhood

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
-head-ness-ship-itude-th-ia-ity-icity-mony-osity-dom
Also see
-ness-osity-ship

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*keyt-
  2. Proto-Germanic*haiduz
  3. 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.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 全體 /全体, 時期 /时期
  • 全體 /全体 (quántǐ)group
  • 時期 /时期 (shíqī)condition or state
  • 狀態 /状态 (zhuàngtài)condition or state
Czech -ství
  • -stvícondition or state
Danish -hed
  • -hedcondition or state
Dutch -heid
  • -heidcondition or state
Esperanto -eco
  • -ecocondition or state
Finnish -us, -sto
  • -usgroup
  • -stogroup
  • -uuscondition or state
French -ité
  • -itécondition or state
German -schaft, -heit
  • -schaftgroup
  • -heitcondition or state
  • -keitcondition or state
  • -schaftcondition or state
Hungarian -kor, -ság
  • -korcondition or state
  • -ságcondition or state
  • -ségcondition or state
Polish -stwo, -stwo
  • -stwogroup
  • -stwocondition or state
  • -ctwocondition or state
  • -ośćcondition or state
Portuguese -idade, -idade
  • -idadegroup
  • -idadecondition or state
  • -idãocondition or state
Romanian -itate, -tate
  • -itatecondition or state
  • -tatecondition or state
  • -ătatecondition or state
  • -eațăcondition or state
  • -ețecondition or state
Russian -ство
  • -ство (-stvo)condition or state
Slovak -stvo
  • -stvocondition or state
Spanish -dad, -edad
  • -dadgroup
  • -edadgroup
  • -idadgroup
  • -dadcondition or state
  • -edadcondition or state
  • -idadcondition or state
Swahili u-
  • u-condition or state
Swedish -skap, -dom
  • -skapgroup
  • -domcondition or state
Vietnamese thời, tuổi
  • thờicondition or state
  • tuổicondition or state

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with -hood

wouldshouldcouldbloodunderstoodhoodlikelihoodunderwoodmisunderstoodfirewooddeadwoodpudcudgit gudhold goodunwithstood
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Cite this entry
APA

-hood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-hood

MLA

“-hood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-hood. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-hood,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-hood.

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