Alizarin
German, noun/alit͡saˈʁiːn/
Alizarin is a German neuter noun meaning “alizarin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “roter Farbstoff, der früher aus dem Färberkrapp gewonnen wurde und später synthetisch hergestellt wurde”.
What does Alizarin mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteralizarin
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. roter Farbstoff, der früher aus dem Färberkrapp gewonnen wurde und später synthetisch hergestellt wurde
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 Alizarin
- Alizarins genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Alizarin?
- /alit͡saˈʁiːn/
- [alit͡saˈʁiːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Alizarin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Alizarin in German?
Alizarin appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).