die Firma
Meaning in English: company, firm
Almost the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.
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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:
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
- 1,143die Generationgeneration
- 1,144Antwortenanswers
- 1,145gewähltelected, chosen, dialled
- 1,146der Fahrerdriver
- 1,147die Firmacompany, firm
- 1,148öffentlichepublic
- 1,149die Plattformplatform
- 1,150Lehrkräfteteachers
- 1,151herhere (towards), ago
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,147
- The most common German nouns#410
- German A1 vocabulary#388
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#143
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.