Definitions For Fraktur

Noun

FRAKTUR. (countable and uncountable, plural FRAKTURs) (typography) A style of black letter type, used especially in Germany in the 16th to 20th centuries. (US) A Pennsylvania German document style, incorporating watercolour illustration and fraktur lettering.

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Alternative forms

Fraktur Fractur {{qualifier, obsolete}}

Etymology

{{PIE root, en, bʰreg}} 1886 fractur, 1904 fraktur, from {{der, en, de, fraktur, fractur}}, from {{der, en, la, frāctūra, , breaking, pos=noun}}, from frangere, , to break, past participle fractus. Compare {{cog, en, fracture}}, fraction. {{doublet, en, fracture}}.