fraktur

Meaning

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

Synonyms

Gothic type

Translations

Fraktur

Frakturschrift

caratteri gotici

scrittura gotica

Hyphenated as

frak‧tur

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɹæktuːɹ/

Etymology

Cognate with English: fracture

In summary

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.