fraktur

See also: Fraktur

English

Text set in fraktur type. Detail from the dedication page of Goethe's Faust, a 1920 edition.

Alternative forms

• Fraktur, fractur
• Fractur (obsolete)

Etymology

1886 fractur, 1904 fraktur, from German Fraktur, from Latin frāctūra (“breaking”, noun), from frangere (“to break”), past participle fractus. Compare English fracture, fraction. Doublet of fracture.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹæktuːɹ/
• Hyphenation: frak‧tur

Noun

fraktur (countable and uncountable, plural frakturs)

1. (typography) A style of black letter type, used especially in German speaking countries from the 16th century until World War II.
2. (US) A Pennsylvania German document style, incorporating watercolour illustration and fraktur lettering.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:fraktur.

Further reading

• fraktur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Etymology

From Latin frāctūra (“breaking”).

Noun

fraktur c (singular definite frakturen, plural indefinite frakturer)

1. fracture (in bone or cartilage)
2. (typography) fraktur, (black letter)

Inflection

Declension of fraktur

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fraktur	frakturen	frakturer	frakturerne
genitive	frakturs	frakturens	frakturers	frakturernes

Synonyms

• (of bone): knoglebrud

See also

• fraktur on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch fractuur, from Middle French fracture, from Old French fracture, from Latin fractura (“a breach, fracture, cleft”), from frangere (“to break”), past participle fractus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfrakt̪ʊr]
• Hyphenation: frak‧tur

Noun

fraktur (plural fraktur-fraktur, first-person possessive frakturku, second-person possessive frakturmu, third-person possessive frakturnya)

1. fracture:
   1. (medicine) a break in bone or cartilage.

Alternative forms

• fraktura

Further reading

• “fraktur” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin fractura.

Noun

fraktur m (definite singular frakturen, indefinite plural frakturer, definite plural frakturene)

1. a fracture (in a bone)

References

• “fraktur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin fractura.

Noun

fraktur m (definite singular frakturen, indefinite plural frakturar, definite plural frakturane)

1. a fracture (in a bone)

References

• “fraktur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fractura (“fracture, broken”).

In damaged bone sense; according to SO attested since 1780. In style sense; according to SO attested since 1682.

Noun

fraktur c

1. fracture (in a bone)

   Synonym: benbrott

2. fraktur (style of black letter type)

   Synonyms: frakturstil, gotisk (nonstandard)

Declension

Declension of fraktur
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fraktur	frakturen	frakturer	frakturerna
Genitive	frakturs	frakturens	frakturers	frakturernas

References

• fraktur in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fraktur in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fraktur in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)