Firma

See also: firma, fîrma, firmá, firmà, firmă, and firmą

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian firma. Cognate with English firm.

Pronunciation
  • (standard, Germany) IPA(key): /fɪrma/, [ˈfɪʁ.mä], [ˈfɪɐ̯.mä]
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Noun

Firma f (genitive Firma, plural Firmen)

  1. A company, a business.
  2. (specialist, law, economics) A firm, the name under which a company operates, as opposed to the actual legal entity.

Declension
Declension of Firma [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Firma die Firmen
genitive einer der Firma der Firmen
dative einer der Firma den Firmen
accusative eine die Firma die Firmen

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Romanian: firmă
  • → Turkish: firma

Further reading
  • “Firma” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Firma” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Firma” in Duden online
  • Firma on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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