firmen
German, verb
firmen is spelled F-I-R-M-E-N (6 letters) and appears 45 times per million words in written German, the 1,885th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Firmen is a German verb meaning “to confirm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Firmen is a different word: “plural of Firma”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Sakrament der Firmung spenden”.
What does firmen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to confirm
noun
- 1
feminineplural of Firma
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. das Sakrament der Firmung spenden
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of firmen
- firmt present singular third-person
- firmte past
- gefirmt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- firmend participle present
- firme first-person indicative present
- firmst indicative present second-person
- firmest second-person singular subjunctive
- firmet plural second-person subjunctive
- firmten first-person indicative plural
- firmtest indicative preterite second-person
- firmtet indicative plural preterite
- firm imperative second-person singular
- habe gefirmt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gefirmt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- firm! imperative singular
- firme! imperative singular
- firmt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to firmen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is firmen in German?
firmen appears 45 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).