See also: fraktur

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Noun

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Fraktur (plural Frakturs)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of fraktur.

German

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

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin fractūra (break).

Pronunciation

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

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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

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Danish: fraktur
  • English: fraktur

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