from http://www.reddit.com/r/languagelearning/comments/1l6maz/guten_tag_this_weeks_language_of_the_week_german/
Here's a sample of printed Fraktur. Can you read about "die Orgel" = the organ and other "Klavierinstrumente zum Accompagnement." = and other keyboard instruments used for accompaniment? The capital letters "S" and "V" I find particularly difficult. Both are below. Can you find the words "Schade" (a shame) and "Vorzüge"? (advantages)?
Here's a handwritten note by Immanual Kant, in Kurrent, which reminds me of my maternal grandmother's penmanship (1906-1987). It seems to me that not much changed for 150+ years.
Can you read this?
Übung: Locate these words in the above handwritten text:
- Aufklärung = explanation
- Unmündigkeit = immaturity
- Leistung = accomplishment
- Mut = courage ..
