-hood

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-hood is an English suffix that means a "state or condition of" or a group sharing a certain characteristic. Examples include childhood and falsehood.

It is cognate with the German language suffix -heit, e.g. Kindheit.

[edit] Examples

• Adulthood
• Brotherhood
• Buddhahood
• Childhood
• Falsehood
• Fatherhood
• Godhood
• Knighthood
• Likelihood
• Manhood
• Motherhood
• Neighbourhood
• Parenthood
• Personhood
• Priesthood
• Sainthood
• Sisterhood
• Statehood
• Womanhood