Fraktur

Noun

Fraktur (plural Frakturs)

1. Alternative letter-case form of fraktur

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fʁakˈtuːɐ̯/

Noun

Fraktur f (genitive Fraktur, plural Frakturen)

1. (medicine) fracture (bone, etc.)
   • Synonyms: Bruch, Knochenbruch
2. (typography, strict sense) Fraktur, a traditional German subgroup of black letter typefaces, used for most German texts printed in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland until World War II.
   • Die Fraktur iſt eine Schriftart aus der Gruppe der gebrochenen Schriften.

     • Fraktur is a script belonging to the group of black letter typefaces.