Fraktur
See also: fraktur
English edit
Noun edit
Fraktur (plural Frakturs)
- Alternative letter-case form of fraktur.
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin fractūra (“break”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Fraktur f (genitive Fraktur, plural Frakturen)
- (medicine) fracture (bone, etc.)
- Synonyms: Bruch, Knochenbruch
- (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]
Derived terms edit
- (typography): Frakturschrift, Frakturtext
Descendants edit
See also edit
- (typography): Antiqua, Altschrift; Bruchschrift; Schwabacher
Further reading edit
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