Karmin
German, noun[kaʁˈmiːn]
Karmin is spelled K-A-R-M-I-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 182,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Karmin is a German neuter noun meaning “carmine, crimson (colour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein organischer roter Farbstoff, der aus Schildläusen gewonnen oder synthetisch hergestellt wird”.
What does Karmin mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutercarmine, crimson (colour)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein organischer roter Farbstoff, der aus Schildläusen gewonnen oder synthetisch hergestellt wird
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 Karmin
- Karmins genitive
- E 120 abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Karmin?
- [kaʁˈmiːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Karmin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Karmin in German?
Karmin appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).