Fraktur

1. (feminine) fracture (bone, etc.)
2. (feminine) Fraktur, a traditional German subgroup of black letter typefaces, used for most German texts printed in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland until World War II.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fʁakˈtuːɐ̯/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: fractūra

In summary

Borrowed from Latin fractūra (“break”).

Concepts

fracture

blackletter script

german type

break

bone fracture

fractures

Fraktur

fraktur

rupture

Synonyms

Knochenbruch

Bruch

Gotik

gotisch

Bruchteil

Trennbruch

Sprödbruch

altdeutsche Schrift

Abrechnung

gebrochene Schrift

Bruchrechnung

Riss

Brechen

Ruptur

Translations

fracture

frattura

fractura

fractura

Fraktur

fracturas

złamanie kości

fratture

كسور

fratura

breuk

caractères allemands

rupture

fracturons

fracturez