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

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian firma. Cognate with English firm.

Pronunciation

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

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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

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Romanian: firmă
  • Turkish: firma

Further reading

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