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Fraktur

See also: fraktur

English edit

Noun edit

Fraktur (plural Frakturs)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of fraktur.

German edit

 
Fraktur type. Detail from the dedication page of Goethe's Faust, a 1920 edition.

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin fractūra (“break”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fʁakˈtuːɐ̯/
  • Rhymes: -uːɐ̯
  • Fraktur(file)

Noun edit

Fraktur f (genitive Fraktur, plural Frakturen)

  1. (medicine) fracture (bone, etc.)
    Synonyms: Bruch, Knochenbruch
  2. (typography, strict sense) 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 edit

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 edit

Descendants edit

  • → Danish: fraktur
  • → English: fraktur

See also edit

Further reading edit

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