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.
Fraktur script
A specific type of blackletter script, mainly used in Germany as a printed and written script until the mid-20th century.
Alte deutsche Bücher sind oft in Fraktur gedruckt und für Ungeübte schwer zu lesen.
Old German books are often printed in Fraktur and are difficult for the untrained to read.
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
Bruch and Fraktur refer here to the same bone injury. Bruch is the usual everyday term, while Fraktur is used mainly in medical terminology. Bruch is therefore generally more appropriate in conversation, while Fraktur is more likely to appear in a doctor's report.
Die Ärztin dokumentiert eine Fraktur am Handgelenk.
The doctor documents a fracture of the wrist.
Paul erzählt seiner Familie von seinem Bruch am Handgelenk.
Paul tells his family about his wrist fracture.
