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German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin factūra.
Pronunciation
Noun
Faktur f (genitive Faktur, plural Fakturen)
- (dated, business) invoice
- Synonyms: Rechnung, Lieferschein
- (music) compositional structure
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 278:Hans Castorp aber ließ „Ocean steamships“ auf der Decke liegen und lauschte mit herzlicher Teilnahme auf die Musik, blickte wohlgefällig in die durchsichtige Tiefe ihrer Faktur und empfand so inniges Vergnügen an einer charakter- und stimmungsvollen melodischen Eingebung, […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Further reading
- “Faktur” in Duden online
- “Faktur” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache