Fraktur
German, noun/fʁakˈtuːɐ̯/
Fraktur is a German feminine noun meaning “fracture (bone, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Knochenbruch”.
What does Fraktur mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefracture (bone, etc.)
- 2
feminineFraktur, 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.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Knochenbruch 2. eine bestimmte Schriftart der gebrochenen Schrift 3. alle gebrochenen Schriften
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Fraktur
- Frakturen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fraktur?
- /fʁakˈtuːɐ̯/
- [fʁakˈtuːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Fraktur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fraktur in German?
Fraktur appears 1.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).