5 ms·Also, Tungsten.by 2000UltraDeluxe 4y agoAlso, Tungsten.hrnnnnnn 4y agoAnnoyingly, even though tungsten literally means "heavy stone" in Swedish, the name of the element in Swedish is "volfram".excitom 4y agoThus the chemical symbol W (Wolfram) for tungsten.iSnow 4y agoBut "Wolfram" comes from German, as it was described in the 16th century already. The isolation of pure tungsten then was done by Spanish scientists.