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fraktur

See also: Fraktur

English

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Text set in fraktur type. Detail from the dedication page of Goethe's Faust, a 1920 edition.

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Etymology

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1886 fractur, 1904 fraktur, from German Fraktur, from Latin frāctūra (“breaking”, noun), from frangere (“to break”), past participle fractus. Compare English fracture, fraction. Doublet of fracture.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfɹæktuːɹ/
  • Hyphenation: frak‧tur

Noun

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fraktur (countable and uncountable, plural frakturs)

  1. (typography) A style of black letter type, used especially in German-speaking countries from the 16th century until World War II.
  2. (US) A Pennsylvania German document style, incorporating watercolor illustration and fraktur lettering.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Latin frāctūra (“breaking”).

Noun

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fraktur c (singular definite frakturen, plural indefinite frakturer)

  1. fracture (in bone or cartilage)
  2. (typography) fraktur, (black letter)

Inflection

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Declension of fraktur
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fraktur frakturen frakturer frakturerne
genitive frakturs frakturens frakturers frakturernes

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfrakt̪ʊr]
  • Hyphenation: frak‧tur

Noun

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fraktur (plural fraktur-fraktur)

  1. fracture:
    1. (medicine) a break in bone or cartilage

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Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin fractura.

Noun

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fraktur m (definite singular frakturen, indefinite plural frakturer, definite plural frakturene)

  1. a fracture (in a bone)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin fractura.

Noun

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fraktur m (definite singular frakturen, indefinite plural frakturar, definite plural frakturane)

  1. a fracture (in a bone)

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Swedish

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Etymology

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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

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fraktur c

  1. fracture (in a bone)
    Synonym: benbrott
  2. fraktur (style of black letter type)
    Synonyms: frakturstil, gotisk (nonstandard)

Declension

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Declension of fraktur
nominative genitive
singular indefinite fraktur frakturs
definite frakturen frakturens
plural indefinite frakturer frakturers
definite frakturerna frakturernas

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