Firma

See also: firma, firmá, firmà, and fîrma

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian firma. Cognate with English firm.

Pronunciation

• (Standard, Germany) IPA^(key): /fɪrma/, [ˈfɪʁ.mä], [ˈfɪɐ̯.mä]

• Audio

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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.

Derived terms

• Briefkastenfirma

Further reading

• “Firma” in Duden online
• “Firma” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache