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-hed
-hed
Danish
Suffix
-hed
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Danish_words_suffixed_with_-hed'>Danish words suffixed with -hed</a>
Usage notes
Formed nouns are of common gender and inflect as: -hed, -heden, -heder, -hederne (assuming countability).
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *haiduz (“state, condition”) (originally a noun, represented by Old Saxon hēd). Cognate with Old English -hād, Dutch -heid, Old High German -heit (German -heit).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛːd/
Suffix
-hēd
- forming nouns of condition or quality, from nouns or adjectives
- giwunohēd "habit"
Declension
Declension of -hed (strong u-stem)
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -hēd | -hēdi |
| accusative | -hēd | -hēdi |
| genitive | -hēdi | -hēdo |
| dative | -hēdi | -hēdum |
| instrumental | — | — |
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Saxon_words_suffixed_with_-hed'>Old Saxon words suffixed with -hed</a>
Descendants
- Low German -heet, -heed