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-hood

/hʊd/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.21 in modern English

Syllables
-hood
IPA
/hʊd/
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

A substantive suffix denoting a condition or state of being.

Countable; Uncountable

suffix

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

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

-hoods (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

falsehood likelihood livelihood unlikelihood hardihood lustihood brotherhood childhood

Synonyms

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

Homonyms

hood hud

Rhymes With

would good could should hold good blood wood understood stood hood likelihood misunderstood

Questions

How do you pronounce -hood?
The recorded pronunciation is /hʊd/.
What does -hood mean?
A substantive suffix denoting a condition or state of being.
Where does -hood come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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