FromMiddle English -dom Old English -dōm ( “ -dom: state, condition, power, authority, property, right, office, quality ” ,suffix ) , fromProto-West Germanic *-dōm Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz
Cognate withScots -dom ( “ -dom ” ) ,North Frisian -dom ( “ -dom ” ) ,West Frisian -dom ( “ -dom ” ) ,Dutch -dom ( “ -dom ” ) ,Low German -dom ( “ -dom ” ) ,German -tum ( “ -dom ” ) ,Danish -dom ( “ -dom ” ) -dømme ( “ -dom ” ) ,Swedish -dom ( “ -dom ” ) -döme ( “ -dom ” ) ,Norwegian -dom ( “ -dom ” ) ,Icelandic -dómur ( “ -dom ” ) ,Norwegian Bokmål -dømme Norwegian Nynorsk -døme Old English dōm ( “ doom, judgment, sentence, condemnation, ordeal, judicial sentence, decree, ordinance, law, custom; justice, equity; direction, ruling, governing, command; might, power, supremacy, majesty, glory, magnificence, splendor, reputation, honor, praise, dignity, authority; state, condition ” ) . No relation toEnglish domain dominion doom
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Forming nouns denoting thecondition orstate of the root word.boredom freedom martyrdom stardom Forming nouns denoting the domain or jurisdiction of the root word.Christendom fiefdom kingdom Saxondom Forming nouns — usuallynonce words — denoting the set of all examples of the suffixed word.catdom dogdom furrydom gothdom ,wingdom 2011 March 19,Caitlin Moran ,The Times :It is only the English language that has let the cabbage down – giving it, quite frankly, the ugliest name in all of veg-dom .
1995 Bury Me Standing , Vintage, published2007 , page74 :there always seemed to be one outrageous beauty: an angel who would have been forced into indentured topmodeldom had she been found on a Paris bus; or a wavy-lipped, chisel-chinned, almond-eyed boy-warrior out of theIliad , as beautiful as humans come.
( fandom slang ) fandom of the suffixed word.Potterdom stfdom belonging to a domain or jurisdiction
Forming nouns denoting the condition or state of the root word.
Forming nouns denoting the domain or jurisdiction of the root word.
FromOld Danish -dom Old Norse -dómr
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Indicates a condition, situation or period. Indicates a religion, teaching or similar. FromMiddle Dutch -dom Old Dutch -duom Proto-West Germanic *-dōm Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz
Cognate withEnglish -dom German -tum [ 1]
-dom n
( unproductive ) domain orterritory groothertog ( “ grand duke ” ) + -dom → groothertogdom ( “ grand duchy ” ) belonging to atribe of peopleJood ( “ Jew ” ) + -dom → jodendom ( “ Judaism ” ) -dom m
forms nouns with the quality or condition of the adjective stem rijk ( “ wealthy ” ) + -dom → rijkdom ( “ wealth ” ) ^ J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk) FromMiddle Low German -dôm Old Saxon -dōm English -dom Dutch -dom German -tum
IPA (key ) : /doːm/ ,/doʊ̯m/ ,/dɔʊ̯m/ -dom
belonging to adomain orterritory (e.g.Hartogdom ( “ duchy ” ) ; this sense is no longer productive) quality or condition of the adjective stem (e.g.Riekdom -heit Inherited fromOld English -dōm Proto-West Germanic *-dōm Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz
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Forming nouns denoting astate ,condition , oroffice ;-dom [ 2] Forming nouns denoting acondition orquality ;-dom ^ Jordan, Richard (1974 ) Eugene Crook, transl.,Handbook of the Middle English Grammar: Phonology (Janua Linguarum;214 )[1] The Hague :Mouton & Co. N.V. ,→DOI § 137 ,page140 ^ “-dọ̄m,suf. ”, inMED Online University of Michigan ,2007 FromOld Norse -dómr
-dom
Suffix used to form nouns out of adjectives, meaning the quality, property or condition of the adjective. “-dom” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .FromOld Norse -dómr
-dom
Suffix used to form nouns out of adjectives, meaning the quality, property or condition of the adjective. “-dom” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .FromProto-West Germanic *-dōm Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz
-dōm m
used to derive abstract nouns :-dom cristen ( “ Christian ” ) + -dom → cristendōm ( “ Christianity ” ) ealdor ( “ elder ” ) + -dom → ealdordōm ( “ authority ” ) frēo ( “ free ” ) + -dom → frēodōm ( “ freedom ” ) hǣþen ( “ pagan ” ) + -dom → hǣþendōm ( “ paganism ” ) Stronga -stem:
Fromdōm ( “ state, condition, authority, jurisdiction ” ) , fromProto-West Germanic *-dōm
-dōm
(belonging to a)domain orjurisdiction condition orquality FromOld Norse -dómr
-dom c
-hood ,-ledge ,-ness ,-dom ;making a noun (representing a state) from an adjective or noun rik ( “ rich ” ) + -dom → rikedom ( “ wealth, fortune ” ) ung ( “ young ” ) + -dom → ungdom ( “ youth ” ) barn ( “ child ” ) + -dom → barndom ( “ childhood ” ) These nouns don't double the m in definite or plural forms, e.g.rikedomen, ungdomar . This is the same for the noundom ( “ judgement, verdict ” ) . 
