-het

See also: het, hét, hèt, hết, het., and нет

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hɛt]

Suffix

-het

  1. (potential suffix) can, could, may, might, be allowed to. Added to verbs, indicating possibility or permission.
    felejt (“to forget”) → felejthet (“may forget, can forget”)

Usage notes

  • (potential suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -hat is added to back vowel verbs
    -het is added to front vowel verbs

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_verbs_suffixed_with_-het'>Hungarian verbs suffixed with -het</a>

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German -heit, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz. Cognate with Danish -hed, German -heit, Dutch -heid, English -hood.

Suffix

-het m, f

  1. Suffix giving an adjective a nounal meaning; -ness.
    kjølig - kjølighet (cool - coolness)

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Norwegian_Bokm%C3%A5l_words_suffixed_with_-het'>Norwegian Bokmål words suffixed with -het</a>

See also

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish -het, which is borrowed from Middle Low German -heit, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz. Cognate with Danish -hed, German -heit, Dutch -heid, English -hood.[1]

Suffix

-het

  1. Productive suffix giving an adjective a nounal meaning; -ness, -ity
    nödvändig - nödvändighet (necessary - necessity)

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Swedish_words_suffixed_with_-het'>Swedish words suffixed with -het</a>

References

  1. ↑ -het in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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