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Fraktur

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English

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Noun

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Fraktur (countable and uncountable, plural Frakturs)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of fraktur.

German

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

Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin fractūra (“break”).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    Fraktur f (genitive Fraktur, plural Frakturen)

    1. (medicine) fracture (bone, etc.)
      Synonyms: Bruch, Knochenbruch
    2. (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

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    Declension of Fraktur [feminine]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative eine die Fraktur die Frakturen
    genitive einer der Fraktur der Frakturen
    dative einer der Fraktur den Frakturen
    accusative eine die Fraktur die Frakturen

    Derived terms

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    (breaking):

    (typography):

    Descendants

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    • → English: fraktur

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