fraktur
English
Alternative forms
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)
- (typography) A style of black letter type, used especially in German-speaking countries from the 16th century until World War II.
- (US) A Pennsylvania German document style, incorporating watercolor illustration and fraktur lettering.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:fraktur.
Further reading
Danish
Etymology
From Latin frāctūra (“breaking”).
Noun
fraktur c (singular definite frakturen, plural indefinite frakturer)
- fracture (in bone or cartilage)
- (typography) fraktur, (black letter)
Inflection
| 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)
Alternative forms
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
Noun
fraktur m (definite singular frakturen, indefinite plural frakturer, definite plural frakturene)
- a fracture (in a bone)
References
- “fraktur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
fraktur m (definite singular frakturen, indefinite plural frakturar, definite plural frakturane)
- 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
- fracture (in a bone)
- Synonym: benbrott
- fraktur (style of black letter type)
- Synonyms: frakturstil, gotisk (nonstandard)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | fraktur | frakturs |
| definite | frakturen | frakturens | |
| plural | indefinite | frakturer | frakturers |
| definite | frakturerna | frakturernas |