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Meaning of "Fraktur" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FRAKTUR

German, from Latin fractūra a breaking, fracture; from the curlicues that seem to interrupt the continuous line of a word.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FRAKTUR

Fraktur  [German] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRAKTUR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fraktur is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FRAKTUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fraktur

Fraktur

Fraktur is a calligraphic hand of the Latin alphabet and any of several blackletter typefaces derived from this hand. The blackletter lines are broken up – that is, their forms contain many angles when compared to the smooth curves of the Antiqua typefaces modeled after antique Roman square capitals and Carolingian minuscule. From this, Fraktur is sometimes contrasted with the "Latin alphabet" in northern European texts, being sometimes called the "German alphabet", despite simply being a typeface of the Latin alphabet. Similarly, the term "Fraktur" or "Gothic" is sometimes applied to all of the blackletter typefaces. Here is the entire alphabet of English in Fraktur, using the \mathfrak font of the mathematical typesetting package TeX: The word derives from the past participle fractus of Latin frangere; the same root as the English word "fracture".

Definition of Fraktur in the English dictionary

The definition of Fraktur in the dictionary is a style of typeface, formerly used in German typesetting for many printed works.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FRAKTUR


Herr
German
zugzwang
German

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRAKTUR

Fragonard

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRAKTUR

cratur
Decatur
exequatur
gaudeamus igitur
Guntur
imprimatur
Kultur
loquitur
non prosequitur
non sequitur
quaeritur
res ipsa loquitur
santur
sequitur
subintelligitur
te igitur
the cratur
vacatur

Synonyms and antonyms of Fraktur in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Fraktur» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRAKTUR

Find out the translation of Fraktur to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Fraktur from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Fraktur» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Fraktur
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Fraktur
570 millions of speakers

English

Fraktur
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Fraktur
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Fraktur
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Fraktur
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fraktur
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফ্রাকটুর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Fraktur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fraktur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fraktur
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フラクトゥール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Fraktur
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fraktur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Fraktur
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஃப்ராக்டுர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्रॅक्ट्रूर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fraktur
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Fraktur
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Fraktur
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Fraktur
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Fraktur
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Fraktur
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Fraktur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fraktur
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Fraktur
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Fraktur

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FRAKTUR»

The term «Fraktur» is regularly used and occupies the 71.727 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of Fraktur
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Fraktur».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FRAKTUR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Fraktur» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Fraktur» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Fraktur

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRAKTUR»

Discover the use of Fraktur in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Fraktur and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fraktur Mon Amour
Fraktur Mon Amour is the winner of several awards, including the Type Directors Club of New York's 2007 Award for Typographic Excellence.
Judith Schalansky, 2008
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Fraktur: Folk Art and Family
The American fraktur tradition began about 1740 in southeast Pennsylvania, but quickly spread to other states, and remains popular even today.
Corinne P. Earnest, Russell D. Earnest, 1999
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To the Latest Posterity: Pennsylvania-German Family ...
"To the Latest Posterity is filled with examples of family registers from museum and private collections, many of them never before published, including early handmade work as well as printed registers that were filled in by hand in the ...
Corinne P. Earnest, Russell D. Earnest, 2004
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Flying Leaves and One-sheets: Pennsylvania German ...
This book provides a sampling of broadsides made for the Pennsylvania German subculture, often referred to as "Pennsylvania Dutch.
Russell D. Earnest, Corinne P. Earnest, 2005
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The Serapis Fraktur
Antiques dealer, Charles Dawes, finds a fraktur dated 1748 and signed Christopher Dock, of Skippack, Pennsylvania.
Mark Clay Grove, Ms. Sandra Haven, 2013
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This Teaching I Present: Fraktur from the Skippack and ...
Includes more than 118 full-color plates of these quill-created works and the respected educational philosophy behind them.
Mary Jane Hershey, 2003
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Amish Folk Artist Barbara Ebersol: Her Life, Fraktur, and ...
Over 75 colored plates provide a veritable collectors' guide to Barbara Ebersol's (1846-1922) needlework, fraktur motifs, borders, and lettering styles.
Barbara Ebersol, 1995
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The Fraktur-Writings Or Illuminated Manuscripts of the ...
The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society V23.
Donald A. Shelley, 2011
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Fraktur (Script)
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Fraktur refers to a specific sub-group of blackletter typefaces.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2010
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Anne Peebles and John B. Anderson Marriage Fraktur
Fraktur is both a style of lettering and a highly artistic and elaborate illuminated folk art created by the Pennsylvania Dutch (also known as Pennsylvania Deutsch or Pennsylvanian German).
Anne Peebles, 1800

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRAKTUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Fraktur is used in the context of the following news items.
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Westmoreland museum set to return to renovated location
New exhibits will include a regional, 200-piece fraktur — a form of folk art — collection from David Brocklebank of Ligonier and his late wife, Joy ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»
2
Nightscape Opens at Longwood Gardens
Professor Mark Louden from the University of Wisconsin will lecture on fraktur, textiles and other Pennsylvania German folk art currently on ... «southern chester county weeklies, Jul 15»
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Namibia: A unique snapshot of German colonial Africa
Most buildings remain inscribed with early-20th-century dates, and shops are nearly always labelled using the Germanic serif Fraktur font. «The Independent, Jul 15»
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Don Olson, Rochester, New York
“Every place I went, people in white coats would come and show me treasures,” perhaps a Gutenberg Bible here or a great fraktur collection ... «Maine Antique Digest, Jul 15»
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Winterthur in July: From goats to Sin City
As summer settles in, Winterthur has a host of activities planned for the month of July, running the gamut from goats to fraktur. Those who ... «Chadds Ford Live, Jun 15»
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Iqbaal CJR Sakit, Banyak Doa di Balik #GWSIqbaalCJR
"Iqbaal yg fraktur tangannya atau kakinya?? Kalo tangan dan patahnya gk parah insya allah cepet sembuh amiinn #GWSIqbaalCJR". Lantaran ... «Merah Putih, Jun 15»
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Clydesdales in Hershey, musical peformances inside and out this …
... outdoor cooking, making and writing with goose quills, learning how to make hand-turned ice cream, the art of fraktur and making fireplace ... «FlipSidePA, Jun 15»
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Jeffrey S. Evans hopes for great results from rare blanket chest June …
The rare and important Shenandoah Valley of Virginia folk art fraktur birth certificate made for Susanna Rothgeb (born 1806) and attributed to ... «Auction Central News, Jun 15»
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Easter 2015: Earliest Known Depiction of the Easter Bunny in U.S. …
Fraktur is the Pennsylvania German tradition of decorating manuscripts, like birth certificates, family records and drawings like this one:. «Headlines & Global News, Apr 15»
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Art: Fraktur: The colorful legacy of Pennsylvania's Germans
One reason that fraktur - the highly illuminated documents and texts made by Pennsylvania Germans in the 18th and 19th centuries - remain so ... «Philly.com, Mar 15»

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