-haat

East Central German

Etymology

From Old High German -heit. Cognate with German -heit, Dutch -heid, English -hood.

Suffix

-haat

1. (Erzgebirgisch) converts adjectives into nouns: -ness, -ty, -hood

Further reading

• Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 172