nim

 
Pronunciation: /nɪm/

noun

[mass noun]
  • a game in which two players alternately take one or more objects from one of a number of heaps, each trying to take, or to compel the other to take, the last remaining object.

Origin:

early 20th century: apparently from archaic nim 'to take' or from German nimm! 'take!', imperative of nehmen