Fraktur

See also: fraktur

EnglishEdit

NounEdit

Fraktur (plural Frakturs)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of fraktur

GermanEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin fractūra (break).

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

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.

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DescendantsEdit

  • Danish: fraktur
  • English: fraktur

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