fraktur
English Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
1886 fractur, 1904 fraktur, from German Fraktur, Fractur, from Latin frāctūra (“breaking”, noun), from frangere (“to break”), past participle fractus. Compare English fracture, fraction. Doublet of fracture.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
fraktur (countable and uncountable, plural frakturs)
- (typography) A style of black letter type, used especially in German speaking countries from the 16th century until World War II.
- (US) A Pennsylvania German document style, incorporating watercolour illustration and fraktur lettering.
Quotations Edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:fraktur.
See also Edit
Danish Edit
Etymology Edit
From Latin frāctūra (“breaking”).
Noun Edit
fraktur c (singular definite frakturen, plural indefinite frakturer)
- fracture (in bone or cartilage)
- (typography) fraktur, (black letter)
Inflection Edit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fraktur | frakturen | frakturer | frakturerne |
genitive | frakturs | frakturens | frakturers | frakturernes |
Synonyms Edit
- (of bone): knoglebrud
See also Edit
- fraktur on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Indonesian Edit
Etymology Edit
From Dutch fractuur, from Middle French fracture, from Old French fracture, from Latin fractura (“a breach, fracture, cleft”), from frangere (“to break”), past participle fractus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
fraktur (plural fraktur-fraktur, first-person possessive frakturku, second-person possessive frakturmu, third-person possessive frakturnya)
Alternative forms Edit
Further reading Edit
- “fraktur” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål Edit
Etymology Edit
Noun Edit
fraktur m (definite singular frakturen, indefinite plural frakturer, definite plural frakturene)
- a fracture (in a bone)
References Edit
- “fraktur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk Edit
Etymology Edit
Noun Edit
fraktur m (definite singular frakturen, indefinite plural frakturar, definite plural frakturane)
- a fracture (in a bone)
References Edit
- “fraktur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Latin fractura (“fracture, broken”).
In damaged bone sense; according to SO attested since 1780. In style sense; according to SO attested since 1682.
Noun Edit
fraktur c
- fracture (in a bone)
- Synonym: benbrott
- fraktur (style of black letter type)
- Synonyms: frakturstil, gotisk (nonstandard)
Declension Edit
Declension of fraktur | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | fraktur | frakturen | frakturer | frakturerna |
Genitive | frakturs | frakturens | frakturers | frakturernas |