nim

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The verdict

“nim” is uncommon German (frequency #67,558 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as an unknown. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,558
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrumental Singular des Pronomens wón

Corpus desk

Index DE-nim · nim · German

nim · rank #67,558 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,558
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH niederbrennen

Nearest frequency peer: niederbrennen (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „nim“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „nim“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nim
PropertyValue
Headwordnim
LanguageGerman
Part of speechUnknown
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#67,558
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „nim“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.nimfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „niederbrennen“ (#67,557), „Neurowissenschaften“ (#67,556), „notariell“ (#67,560). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „nim“ bei #67,558. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nim is uncommon German at frequency #67,558 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anunknown, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrumental Singular des Pronomens wón".

nim doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is nim, spelled N-I-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instrumental Singular des Pronomens wón

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nim"?
"nim" is spelled N-I-M. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "nim" mean?
As an unknown, "nim" means: Instrumental Singular des Pronomens wón
How do you pronounce "nim"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nim" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nim", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nef#67,550mud#67,530LDL#67,440SFB#67,700

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list