-HOOD

'-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 '', e.g. ''Kindheit''.

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Examples

Examples

★ Adulthood

★ Brotherhood

★ Buddhahood

★ Childhood

★ Falsehood

★ Fatherhood

★ Godhood

★ Knighthood

★ Likelihood

★ Manhood

★ Monkshood

★ Motherhood

★ Neighbourhood

★ Parenthood

★ Personhood

★ Priesthood

★ Sainthood

★ Sisterhood

★ Statehood

★ Womanhood