nesh
/nɛʃ/adjective, verb
nesh is spelled N-E-S-H: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, nesh means “Soft; tender; sensitive; yielding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in nesh?
| Letters | 4: N-E-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 43 million words; the 201,693rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is nesh?
Nesh appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce nesh?
- /nɛʃ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-nesh.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with nesh?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as nesh.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: shen.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of nesh
- nesher comparative
- neshest superlative
- nish
- neshes present, singular, he/she/it
- neshing participle, present
- neshed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nesh mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
UKSoft; tender; sensitive; yielding.
- 2
UKDelicate; weak; poor-spirited; susceptible to cold weather, harsh conditions etc.
- 3
UKSoft; friable; crumbly.
verb
- 1
To make soft, tender, or weak.
- 2
To act timidly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nesh in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense delicate, weak, poor-spirited, susc. to cold:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | frileux |
| German | kälteempfindlich |
| Portuguese | friorento |
| Spanish | friolento, friolero |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does nesh come from?
From Middle English nesh, nesch, nesche, from Old English hnesċe, hnysċe, næsċe (“soft, tender, mild; weak, delicate; slack, negligent; effeminate, wanton”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnaskwī, from Proto-Germanic *hnaskuz (“soft, tender”), from Proto-Indo-European *knēs-, *kenes- (“to scratch, scrape, rub”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).