Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

basf

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: basf
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A German chemical manufacturer.

Example Sentences

"Pan Gongsheng, governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) and head of the country’s foreign exchange regulator, chaired a symposium with representatives from foreign companies, including JP Morgan, Tesla (TSLA), HSBC (HSBC), Deutsche Bank (DB), BNP Paribas, Japan’s MUFG Bank, German chemical producer BASF, commodities trader Trafigura and Schneider Electric, according to a statement posted on the websites of the PBOC and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE)."

Etymology

Borrowed from German BASF (“Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik”).

Questions

What does basf mean?: A German chemical manufacturer.
Where does basf come from?: Borrowed from German BASF (“Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik”).

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