Hungarian

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

• -hetetlen

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)

See also

• -heit (Nynorsk)

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

References

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