German noun, feminine · CEFR A1

die Firma

Meaning in English: company, firm

Rank 1,147 of 5,000noun · dieLevel A12 forms in the list

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Example

Meine Schwester arbeitet bei einer kleinen Firma.

My sister works for a small company.

Der, die or das?

Firma is feminine: die Firma. How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Firma in the top 5,000

These forms of Firma are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:

Firmen#1,610
companies, firmsA2

Viele Firmen suchen gerade Personal.
Many companies are looking for staff at the moment.

How common is Firma?

Firma is number 1,147 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 79 times per million words — about once every 13,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 66% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 1,143die Generationgeneration
  2. 1,144Antwortenanswers
  3. 1,145gewähltelected, chosen, dialled
  4. 1,146der Fahrerdriver
  5. 1,147die Firmacompany, firm
  6. 1,148öffentlichepublic
  7. 1,149die Plattformplatform
  8. 1,150Lehrkräfteteachers
  9. 1,151herhere (towards), ago

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