# nim

> English word · Verb · IPA /nɪm/ · frequency rank #36,263

## Definitions
1. To take or seize.
2. To filch, steal, pilfer.
3. To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.

## Etymology
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”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian nieme (“to take”), West Frisian nimme (“to take”), Dutch nemen (“to take”), Low German nehmen (“to take”), German nehmen (“to take”), Danish nemme (“to learn, grasp”). Related to numb and nimble.

## Easily confused with
- **NJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nim-vs-nj)
- **nm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nim-vs-nm)
- **NZ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nim-vs-nz)
- **NT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nim-vs-nt)
- **NP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nim-vs-np)
- **nu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nim-vs-nu)
- **NL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nim-vs-nl)
- **nr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nim-vs-nr)
- **NN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nim-vs-nn)
- **not** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nim-vs-not)
- **now** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nim-vs-now)
- **non** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nim-vs-non)
- **nor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nim-vs-nor)
- **nov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nim-vs-nov)
- **NYC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nim-vs-nyc)
- **nut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nim-vs-nut)
- **NSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nim-vs-nsa)
- **NSW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nim-vs-nsw)
- **nod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nim-vs-nod)
- **nun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nim-vs-nun)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nim