fraktur
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See also Fraktur
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
1886 fractur, 1904 fraktur, from German Fraktur, from Latin frāctūra (“breaking n.”) < frangere (“to break”), past participle fractus. Compare fracture, fraction.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈfræktuːr/
- Hyphenation: frak‧tur
Noun [edit]
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.
Quotations [edit]
- For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.
See also [edit]
Danish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin frāctūra (“breaking”).
Noun [edit]
fraktur c (singular definite frakturen, plural indefinite frakturer)
- fracture (in bone or cartilage)
- (typography) fraktur, (black letter)
Synonyms [edit]
- (of bone): knoglebrud
Inflection [edit]
Inflection of fraktur
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | fraktur | frakturen | frakturer | frakturerne |
| genitive | frakturs | frakturens | frakturers | frakturernes |
See also [edit]
Fraktur on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia