nimmt

/[nɪmt]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#602

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

nimmt is aGermanverb. It means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs nehmen Pronounced [nɪmt]. It ranks #602 in German word frequency. Often confused with nit and nimm.

Key facts for nimmt
PropertyValue
Headwordnimmt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[nɪmt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#602
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of nimmt in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for nimmt is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [nɪmt]. Corpus data places it at rank #602 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs nehmen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for nimmt, with forms such as "inmmt", "nimmtt", and "nimt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "nit", "nimm", "nicht", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is nimmt, spelled N-I-M-M-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs nehmen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: inmmt,nimmtt,nimt,nimtm,nmimt,nnimmt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nimmt

Misspelling Variants of "nimmt"

inmmt5nimmtt6nimt4nimtm5nmimt5nnimmt6
Misspelling Variants of "nimmt"

Frequency rank: #602 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nimmt"?
"nimmt" is spelled N-I-M-M-T. The IPA pronunciation is [nɪmt].
What does "nimmt" mean?
As a verb, "nimmt" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs nehmen
What words are commonly confused with "nimmt"?
"nimmt" is commonly confused with "nit", "nimm", "nicht". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nimmt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nimmt" is [nɪmt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nimmt" come from?
"nimmt" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.