neighborship

== English == === Alternative forms === neighbourship === 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”). === Noun === neighborship (countable and uncountable, plural neighborships) 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. A community, connection, or relationship between or among people and/or things which is based simply on being of a similar class.