# neighborship

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The state or condition of being neighbors; a community, connection, or relationship between or among people and/or things which is based simply on living close geographically.
2. A community, connection, or relationship between or among people and/or things which is based simply on being of a similar class.

## Etymology
From Northern Middle English nychtbourschype, neȝeborusipe, equivalent to neighbor + -ship. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Noaberskup (“neighborship”), West Frisian neibuorskip (“neighborship”), Dutch nabuurschap (“neighborship”), German Low German Naberskupp, Naverschop (“neighborhood; neighborship”), German Nachbarschaft (“neighborship; neighborhood”), Danish naboskab (“neighborship”), Swedish naboskap (“neighborship”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/neighborship