Fraktur

See also: fraktur

English

Noun

Fraktur (countable and uncountable, plural Frakturs)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of fraktur.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fractūra (“break”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁakˈtuːɐ̯/
  • Rhymes: -uːɐ̯
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Noun

Fraktur f (genitive Fraktur, plural Frakturen)

  1. (medicine) fracture (bone, etc.)
    Synonyms: Bruch, Knochenbruch
  2. (typography) Fraktur, a traditional German subgroup of black letter typefaces, used for most German texts printed in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland until World War II.
    Die Fraktur iſt eine Schriftart aus der Gruppe der gebrochenen Schriften.
    (Fraktur is a script belonging to the group of black letter typefaces.)

Declension

Declension of Fraktur [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Fraktur die Frakturen
genitive einer der Fraktur der Frakturen
dative einer der Fraktur den Frakturen
accusative eine die Fraktur die Frakturen

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Danish: fraktur
  • → English: fraktur

See also

Further reading

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