-heet

• -keet (see usage notes)
• -häät, -käät (eastern Moselle Franconian, except Westerwald)
• -heit, -keit (Kölsch; Westerwald)

From Middle High German -heit, from Old High German -heit, from Proto-West Germanic *-haidu.

• IPA^(key): /-(h)eːt/

-heet f (plural -heete)

1. (Ripuarian, western Moselle Franconian) converts adjectives into nouns: -ness, -ty, -hood

• The variant forms with -k- are not native but were introduced from standard German -keit during the 19th century. They are now used more or less invariably after -ig, -elig, and -isch. Otherwise, the h-form is still preferred, though speakers may also follow the standard German rules; thus: langsam → Langsamheet or younger Langsamkeet.

From Middle High German -heit, from Old High German -heit, from Proto-West Germanic *-haidu. Cognate with German -heit and English -hood.

• IPA^(key): /heːt/

-heet

1. Converts an adjective into a noun, usually to denote an abstract quality of the adjectival root. Often equivalent to English -ness, e.g. deafness → Dafheet, childhood → Kandheet

From Middle High German -heit, from Old High German -heit, from Proto-West Germanic *-haidu. Cognate with German -heit, Dutch -heid, English -hood.

-heet

1. Converts an adjective into a noun, usually to denote an abstract quality of the adjectival root.