-dom

Etymology

From Middle English -dom, from Old English -dōm (“-dom: state, condition, power, dominion, authority, property, right, office, quality”, suffix), from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz.

Cognate with Scots -dom (“-dom”), North Frisian -dom (“-dom”), West Frisian -dom (“-dom”), Dutch -dom (“-dom”), Low German -dom (“-dom”), German -tum (“-dom”), Swedish -dom (“-dom”) -döme (“-dom”), Norwegian -dom (“-dom”), Icelandic -dómur (“-dom”), Norwegian Bokmål -dømme, Norwegian Nynorsk -døme. Same as Old English dōm (“doom, judgment, sentence, condemnation, ordeal, judicial sentence, decree, ordinance, law, custom; justice, equity; direction, ruling, governing, command; might, power, dominion, supremacy, majesty, glory, magnificence, splendor, reputation, honor, praise, dignity, authority; state, condition”). More at doom.

Suffix

-dom

1. Forming nouns denoting the condition or state of the suffixed word.

   boredom, freedom, martyrdom, stardom

   • 1995, Isabel Fonseca, Bury Me Standing, Vintage 2007, p. 74:

     there always seemed to be one outrageous beauty: an angel who would have been forced into indentured topmodeldom had she been found on a Paris bus; or a wavy-lipped, chisel-chinned, almond-eyed boy-warrior out of the Iliad, as beautiful as humans come.

2. Forming nouns denoting the domain or jurisdiction of the suffixed word.

   Christendom, fiefdom, kingdom, Saxondom

3. Forming nouns — usually nonce words — denoting the set of all examples of the suffixed word.

   catdom, dogdom, furrydom, gothdom

   • 2011, Caitlin Moran, The Times, 19 Mar 2011:

     It is only the English language that has let the cabbage down – giving it, quite frankly, the ugliest name in all of veg-dom.

4. (fandom slang) Forming nouns denoting the fandom of the suffixed word.

   Potterdom, stfdom

Anagrams

• MOD, MoD, ODM, mod, mod.

Etymology

From Old Norse -dómr.

Suffix

-dom

1. Indicates a condition, situation or period.
2. Indicates a religion, teaching or similar.

References

• http://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=-dom

Etymology

From Middle Dutch -dom, from Old Dutch -duom, from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz. Cognate with English -dom, German -tum.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔm/

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Suffix

-dom m

1. belonging to a domain or territory (e.g. groothertogdom (“grandduchy”); this sense is no longer productive)
2. quality or condition of the adjective stem (e.g. eigendom less productive than suffixes like -heid)

References

Alternative forms

• -doom

Etymology

From Middle Low German -dôm, from Old Saxon -dōm, from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz. Cognate with English -dom, Dutch -dom, German -tum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doːm/, /doʊ̯m/, /dɔʊ̯m/

Suffix

-dom

1. belonging to a domain or territory (e.g. Hartogdom (“duchy”); this sense is no longer productive)
2. quality or condition of the adjective stem (e.g. Riekdom less productive than suffixes like -heit)

Etymology

From Old Norse -dómr.

Suffix

-dom

1. Suffix used to form nouns out of adjectives, meaning the quality, property or condition of the adjective.

References

• “-dom” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse -dómr.

Suffix

-dom

1. Suffix used to form nouns out of adjectives, meaning the quality, property or condition of the adjective.

References

• “-dom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From dōm (“state, condition, authority, jurisdiction”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doːm/

Suffix

-dōm

1. Belonging to a domain or jurisdiction.
2. Condition or quality.

Etymology

From dōm (“state, condition, authority, jurisdiction”).

Suffix

-dōm

1. (belonging to a) domain or jurisdiction
2. condition or quality

Etymology

From Old Norse -dómr.

Suffix

-dom

1. -hood, -ledge, -ness; making a noun (representing a state) from an adjective or noun

   rik (“rich”) + ‎-dom → ‎rikedom (“wealth, fortune”)

   ung (“young”) + ‎-dom → ‎ungdom (“youth”)

   barn (“child”) + ‎-dom → ‎barndom (“childhood”)