Graf

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See also: graf, graaf, gráf, and -graf

English

Etymology

  • As a German and Jewish surname, from graf (count).
  • As a Dutch surname, spelling variant of Graef.

Proper noun

Graf (countable and uncountable, plural Grafs)

  1. (countable) A surname.
    1. A surname from German.
    2. A surname from Dutch.
  2. A city in Iowa, United States

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Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Graf.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Graf m anim (female equivalent Grafová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

Further reading

  • Graf”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Middle High German grâve, from Old High German grāfio.

Noun

Graf m (weak, genitive Grafen, plural Grafen, diminutive Gräfchen n or Gräflein n, feminine Gräfin)

  1. count (a member of the German nobility)
  2. earl (a British or Irish nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess)
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Ottoman Turkish: غروف (gorof)
  • Kashubian: graf
  • Russian: граф (graf)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Graf m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Grafs or (with an article) Graf, feminine genitive Graf, plural Grafs)

  1. a surname
Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

Graf m (weak or mixed, genitive Grafen or (nonstandard) Grafs, plural Grafen)

  1. (mathematics) Alternative spelling of Graph
Declension

Noun

Graf n (strong, genitive Grafs, plural Grafe)

  1. (linguistics) Alternative spelling of Graph
Usage notes
Declension

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German graf, from Old High German graf, northern variant of grab, from Proto-Germanic *grabą. Cognate with German Grab, Dutch graf, Plautdietsch Grauf, English grave, Danish grav, Icelandic gröf.

Pronunciation

Noun

Graf n (plural Griewer)

  1. grave

Further reading

  • Graf in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire