altrosa
German, adjective
altrosa is spelled A-L-T-R-O-S-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 174,963rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Altrosa is a German adjective meaning “having a pink color that is slightly darkened (as if with age) and discolored with blue or grey tones” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Altrosa is a different word: “antique pink”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Farbe eines etwas dunkleren Rosas mit Blau- oder Grautönen aufweisend, habend”.
What does altrosa mean in English?
adjective
- 1
informalhaving a pink color that is slightly darkened (as if with age) and discolored with blue or grey tones
noun
- 1
neuterantique pink
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eine Farbe eines etwas dunkleren Rosas mit Blau- oder Grautönen aufweisend, habend
noun: 1. Name des altrosa Farbtons, Malfarbe, Streichfarbe
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 altrosa
- altrosa or canonical
- altrosaner masculine nominative singular
- altrosaer masculine nominative rare
- altrosane feminine nominative singular
- altrosae feminine nominative rare
- altrosanes neuter nominative singular
- altrosaes neuter nominative rare
- altrosanen genitive masculine singular
- altrosaen genitive masculine rare
- altrosanem dative masculine singular
- altrosaem dative masculine rare
- Altrosas genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is altrosa in German?
altrosa appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).