Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fraktur

/ˈfɹæktuːɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables: frak-tur
IPA: /ˈfɹæktuːɹ/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative letter-case form of fraktur.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A style of black letter type, used especially in German-speaking countries from the 16th century until World War II.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A Pennsylvania German document style, incorporating watercolor illustration and fraktur lettering.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Latin frangō Latin frāctūrus Latin fractūrabor. German Frakturbor. English fraktur First appears c. 1886 as fractur, and c. 1904 as fraktur, from German Fraktur, from Latin frāctūra (“breaking”, noun), from frangere (“to break”), past participle fractus. Compare English fracture, fraction. Doublet of fracture.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Fraktur, frāctūra

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

Frakturs (plural) fractur (alternative) Fractur (alternative, obsolete)

Questions

How do you pronounce fraktur?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɹæktuːɹ/.
What does fraktur mean?: Alternative letter-case form of fraktur.
Where does fraktur come from?: It is traced to German.

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