-teit

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch -tet, -teit, from (Northern) Old French -teit, -tet (modern French -té) from Latin -tātem, accusative of -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA: /tɛi̯t/, /tæi̯t/, /tai̯t/
• (Belgium) IPA: /tɛi̯t/

Suffix

-teit f (plural -teiten)

1. a productive suffix that forms a noun (especially an abstract noun) from an adjective; akin to the English suffixes -ity and -ty