Audi (which means "listen") was put together from different auto makers: Horch, DKW, NSU, and Wanderer to form Auto Union, AG. I don't think there is any one founder.
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The company name is based on the surname of the founder August_Horch, meaning listen - which, when translated into Latin, becomes Audi.
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The word Audi is based on a latin translation of the word "Horch." In Latin Audi means to hear or to listen. August Horch was the founder of Audi and the word "horch" in German translates to "hark."
The company name is based on the surname of the founder, August Horch. "Horch", meaning "listen" in German, becomes "Audi" when translated into Latin.
The company name is based on the surname of the founder, August Horch. "Horch", meaning "listen", becomes "Audi" when translated into Latin
The founder of Audi is August Horch. When August Horch stormed out of the company that he had founded only to create another, he no longer had the right to use his name. August Horch translated the meaning of the word Horch (evesdropping) into Latin, which gave the name Audi.
Latin. The name Audi is based on a Latin translation of the last name of the founder August "Horch", itself the German word for “listen!". This may be found on Wikipedia or Answers.com taking information from Wikipedia.
The founder of Audi is August Horch. When August Horch stormed out of the company that he had founded only to create another, he no longer had the right to use his name. August Horch translated the meaning of the word Horch (evesdropping) into Latin, which gave the name Audi.
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