fracture / Fraktur
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fracture
A broken bone; the complete or incomplete break of a bone caused by direct or indirect force.
Nach dem Sturz vom Fahrrad hatte sie eine komplizierte Fraktur am Arm.
After falling off her bicycle, she had a complicated fracture in her arm.
You can recognize the meaning from the context. In a medical context, it refers to a bone fracture (words like 'Arm' (arm), 'Bein' (leg), 'Arzt' (doctor)). In connection with texts and books, it refers to the blackletter typeface (words like 'lesen' (to read), 'drucken' (to print), 'Buchstabe' (letter)).
Der Arzt diagnostizierte eine Fraktur des Unterarms.
The doctor diagnosed a fracture of the forearm.
In a medical context, 'Fraktur' (fracture) is the technical term for a broken bone. It is used by doctors and in medical reports.
Im Röntgenbild war die Fraktur deutlich zu erkennen.
The fracture was clearly visible on the X-ray.
Common combinations are 'sich eine Fraktur zuziehen' (to sustain a fracture) or 'eine Fraktur erleiden' (to suffer a fracture). People also speak of a 'komplizierte' (complicated), 'offene' (open), or 'geschlossene' (closed) fracture.
Beim Skifahren hat er sich eine komplizierte Fraktur zugezogen.
He sustained a complicated fracture while skiing.
When referring to the typeface, the preposition 'in' is usually used to express that a text is written or printed in this script.
Das Buch aus dem 19. Jahrhundert ist vollständig in Fraktur gedruckt.
The 19th-century book is printed entirely in Fraktur.
break / fracture / fraction
'der Bruch' and 'die Fraktur' both mean an injury in which a bone is broken. 'Bruch' is the normal everyday word and is also used by many people outside a medical context. 'Fraktur' sounds more medical and more precise; you often hear it from doctors or in medical reports. When it is clearly about a bone, both words can mean the same thing.
Im Krankenhaus wurde die Fraktur am Bein sofort behandelt.
At the hospital, the fracture in her leg was treated immediately.
Nach dem Sturz stellte der Arzt einen Bruch im Handgelenk fest.
After the fall, the doctor found a fracture in his wrist.