"Fraktur" meaning in German

See Fraktur in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fʁakˈtuːɐ̯/ Audio: De-Fraktur.ogg , De-Fraktur2.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Rhymes: -uːɐ̯ Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fractūra (“break”). Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:bor|la:fractūra<t:break>}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "break", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "to break", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰreg-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-né-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "frangō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "frāctūrus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "fractūra", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Fraktur", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Fraktur">, {{bor+|de|la|fractūra||break}} Borrowed from Latin fractūra (“break”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Fraktur f (genitive Fraktur, plural Frakturen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Fraktur [genitive], Frakturen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Fraktur [nominative, singular], Frakturen [definite, nominative, plural], Fraktur [genitive, singular], Frakturen [definite, genitive, plural], Fraktur [dative, singular], Frakturen [dative, definite, plural], Fraktur [accusative, singular], Frakturen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (medicine) fracture (bone, etc.) Tags: feminine Synonyms: Bruch, Knochenbruch
    Sense id: en-Fraktur-de-noun-eFbk1P3Y Categories (other): Medicine, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Injuries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 22 40 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 14 50 36 Disambiguation of Injuries: 58 42 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (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. Tags: feminine Derived forms: Geofraktur, Rippenfraktur, Fraktur reden, Frakturschrift, Frakturtext Related terms: Antiqua [typography, publishing, media], Altschrift [typography, publishing, media], Bruchschrift [typography, publishing, media], Schwabacher [typography, publishing, media]
    Sense id: en-Fraktur-de-noun-uu~JXN6z Categories (other): Typography, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with entries, German entries with etymon, German entries with incorrect language header, Calligraphy Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 19 33 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 22 40 Disambiguation of German entries with etymon: 18 82 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of Calligraphy: 9 91 Topics: media, publishing, typography

Inflected forms

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