Fraktur

== English == === Noun === Fraktur (countable and uncountable, plural Frakturs) Alternative letter-case form of fraktur. == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fractūra (“break”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fʁakˈtuːɐ̯/ Rhymes: -uːɐ̯ === Noun === 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. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== (typography): Frakturschrift, Frakturtext, Fraktur reden ==== Descendants ==== → English: fraktur ==== See also ==== (typography): Antiqua, Altschrift; Bruchschrift; Schwabacher === Further reading === “Fraktur” in Duden online “Fraktur” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Fraktur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Fraktur on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de