fraktur
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
1886 fractur, 1904 fraktur, from German Fraktur, from Latin frāctūra (“‘breaking n.’”) < frangere (“‘to break’”), pp. fractus. Compare fracture, fraction.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈfræktuːr/
- Hyphenation: frak‧tur
[edit] Noun
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fraktur (countable and uncountable; plural frakturs)
- (typography) A style of black letter type, used especially in Germany in the 16th to 20th centuries.
- (US) A Pennsylvania German document style, incorporating watercolour illustration and fraktur lettering.
[edit] Quotations
- For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.
[edit] See also
[edit] Danish
[edit] Etymology
From Latin frāctūra (“‘breaking’”).
[edit] Noun
fraktur c. (singular definite frakturen, plural indefinite frakturer)
[edit] Synonyms
- (of bone): knoglebrud
[edit] Inflection
Inflection of “fraktur”
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | fraktur | frakturen | frakturer | frakturerne |
| genitive | frakturs | frakturens | frakturers | frakturernes |
[edit] See also
Fraktur on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia