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heit German Alternative forms de -keit Etymology de :inh gmh:-heit<ety:inh<goh:-heit<ety:inh<gmw-pro:*-haidu>>>> From de gmh -heit, from de goh -heit, from de gmw-pro *-haidu, ultimately from de gem-pro *haiduz personality, character, manner, way.22 -heit. Cognate with nl -heid, en -hood, da -hed. Pronunciation de /-haɪ̯t/ [haɪ̯t] The suffix has secondary stress when it follows an unstressed syllable and often also when it precedes one. When it is entirely unstressed, the /h/ may be unpronounced in common speech. de De--heit.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Suffix f 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, -ity, -dom: de schön beautiful Schönheit beauty de neu new Neuheit novelty Converts concrete nouns into abstract nouns: de Kind child Kindheit childhood de Christ Christian Christenheit Christendom Usage notes While de -heit is the normal form of this suffix, it becomes de -keit after certain adjectival suffixes. These are de -bar, de -ig, de -isch, de -lich, de -sam. For example: de nützlich useful Nützlichkeit utility. Adjectives ending in unstressed de -el, -er usually take de -keit as well: de eitel vain Eitelkeit vanity, de mager meagre Magerkeit meagreness. However, there are a handful of exceptions, e.g. de Dunkelheit darkness, de Sicherheit safety. Sometimes de -ig -ig- is added to the adjective and the suffix thus becomes de -keit. This is the general rule with adjectives in de -haft and de -los: de fehlerhaft faulty Fehlerhaftigkeit faultiness. There is also a fairly large number of other adjectives that follow this pattern: de müde tired Müdigkeit tiredness. Two forms may exist for some adjectives, occasionally with a semantic distinction, e.g. de Neuheit novelty versus de Neuigkeit news. Declension f Derived terms de References Further reading -heit de Middle Dutch Etymology dum :inh odt:-heit dum odt -heit, from dum gmw-pro *-haidu, from dum gem-pro *haiduz. Suffix dum suffix noun-forming suffixes f -ness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective. Inflection -heid Derived terms dum Descendants nl -heid Middle High German Etymology gmh goh -heit, from gmh gmw-pro *-haidu, from gmh gem-pro *haiduz. Pronunciation Suffix gmh suffix noun-forming suffixes f -ness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective. Declension -heit<f> Derived terms gmh Descendants gsw -heit -keit de -heit -keit yi ־הייט ־קייט Norwegian Nynorsk Etymology From nn gmq-mno -heit, a borrow from nn gml -heit. Compare with nb -het, sv -het and da -hed. Ultimately from nn gem-pro *haiduz. Suffix nn suffix f nn colloquial creates abstract nouns from adjectives nn rare creates concrete nouns Derived terms nn References nn noun-forming suffixes Old Dutch Alternative forms odt -hēt Etymology odt :inh gmw-pro:*-haidu odt gmw-pro *-haidu, from odt gem-pro *haiduz. Suffix odt suffix noun-forming suffixes f -ness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective. Inflection -heid f Synonyms odt -i odt -itha Derived terms odt Descendants dum -heit Old High German Etymology goh gmw-pro *-haidu, from goh gem-pro *haiduz. Suffix goh suffix noun-forming suffixes f -ness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective. Declension -heit Derived terms goh Descendants gmh -heit