nim
/nɪm/verb, noun
nim is spelled N-I-M: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, nim means “To walk with short, quick strides; trip along” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in nim?
| Letters | 3: N-I-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,176th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| 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 nim?
Nim appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th 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 nim?
- /nɪm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-nim.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with nim
Sounds like: nym (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with nim?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as nim.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: min.
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 nim
- nims present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- nimming participle, present
- nam past
- nimmed past, participle
- num participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nim mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo take or seize.
Ich cham a Cornysche man, al[e] che can brew; […] Nym me a quart of ale, that iche may it of sup.
- 2
archaicslangTo filch, steal, pilfer.
Nimming and niftering whativver he can try his fists on.
- 3
UKTo walk with short, quick strides; trip along.
The old lady does nim along.
noun
- 1
A game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps.
- 2
Alternative form of neem (“Indian tree”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does nim come from?
From Middle English nimen, from Old English niman (“to take”), from Proto-West Germanic *neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”), from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take one's due”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).