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fractur

fractur is the alternative spelling of fraktur.

Meaning of fraktur

Noun

fraktur (countable and uncountable, plural frakturs)

  1. A style of black letter type, used especially in German-speaking countries from the 16th century until World War II.
  2. (US) A Pennsylvania German document style, incorporating watercolor illustration and fraktur lettering.

Noun capitalized: Fractur

Fractur

  1. (obsolete) Obsolete form of fraktur.

Forms of fractur

pluralfracturs

Questions about fractur

What is fractur the alternative spelling of?
Fractur is the alternative spelling of fraktur.
What part of speech is fractur?
Fractur is a noun.
What is the plural of fractur?
The plural of fractur is fracturs.

Words near fractur in the dictionary

  1. fractonic
  2. fractons
  3. FRACTRAN
  4. fracts
  5. fractuosity
  6. fractur
  7. fracturability
  8. fracturable
  9. fractural
  10. fracture
  11. fracture plane

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fractur (page history and authors); Fractur (page history and authors); fraktur (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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