nim

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

A game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To take or seize.
2. (slang) To filch, steal, pilfer.
3. To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.

Synoniemen

neem extracts

neem oil

neem seed extract

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/nɪm/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: nimen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: niman

Verwant aan Saterfries: nieme

Verwant aan Fries: nimme

Verwant aan Nederlands: nemen

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: nehmen

Verwant aan Duits: nehmen

Verwant aan Deens: nemme

In summary

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.