Fraktur
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Fraktur (plural Frakturs)
- Alternative letter-case form of fraktur.
German
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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) 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, Fraktur reden
Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]- (typography): Antiqua, Altschrift; Bruchschrift; Schwabacher
Further reading
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