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Webster 1913 Edition


Graf


Graf

,
Noun.
[G. Cf.
-grave
.]
A German title of nobility, equivalent to earl in English, or count in French. See
Earl
.

Definition 2024


Graf

Graf

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

English

Proper noun

Graf

  1. A surname.
  2. A city in Iowa

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡraːf/, [ɡʁäːf], [ɡräːf], [-ɑː-]
  • Homophone: Graph

Etymology 1

From Middle High German grâve, from Old High German grāfio, from Latin graphio, ultimately from Byzantine Greek γραφεύς (grapheús, scribe).

Noun

Graf m (genitive Grafen, plural Grafen, feminine Gräfin)

  1. count (member of German nobility)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Graf ? (genitive Graf)

  1. A surname.

Etymology 3

Noun

Graf m (genitive Grafs, plural Grafe)

  1. Alternative spelling of Graph (smallest unit in a text)

Luxembourgish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʀaːf/
    • Rhymes: -aːf

Noun

Graf n (plural Griewer)

  1. grave

graf

graf

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

English

Noun

graf (plural grafs)

  1. (uncommon, now historical) A German or Austrian count.
    • 1843 February, "Graf de Tropp", in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, volume 27, [books.google.com/books?id=9ZUtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA200 page 200]:
      Without ceremony, the Graf, on his entering the drawing-room, seated himself at the piano-forte, and proposed affording his new friends "a leetle example" how music was performed in Hungary.

Etymology 2

Phonetic respelling of abbreviation of paragraph.

Noun

graf (plural grafs)

  1. (journalism, slang) A paragraph.

Anagrams


Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch graf.

Noun

graf (plural grafte)

  1. grave

Czech

Noun

graf m

  1. graph (mathematical diagram)
  2. (graph theory) graph
  3. chart (graphical presentation)

Derived terms


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣrɑf/
  • Rhymes: -ɑf

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *graf, from Proto-Germanic *grabą, *grabō (grave, trench, ditch).

Noun

graf n (plural graven, diminutive grafje n)

  1. grave
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

From French grave (serious, grave). Most likely influenced by Dutch erg which can mean "serious, grave" as well as "very". The alternative form graaf (very), also slang, has the same origin and meaning, but stays closer to the original French pronunciation.

Adverb

graf

  1. (slang) very
    Dat is graf duur That's very expensive

French

Noun

graf m (plural grafs)

  1. (slang) graffiti
    L'usage du tag et du graf s'affirme d'autant plus comme un pouvoir de communication tribale constituant un code secret.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowing from English graph

Noun

graf m (definite singular grafen, indefinite plural grafer, definite plural grafene)

  1. graph (diagram)

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowing from English graph

Noun

graf m (definite singular grafen, indefinite plural grafar, definite plural grafane)

  1. graph (diagram)

References


Old English

Noun

grāf ?

  1. grove

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants


Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

graf m inan

  1. (mathematics) graph

Declension


Scottish Gaelic

Noun

graf m (genitive singular grafa, plural grafaichean)

  1. graph

Derived terms


Serbo-Croatian

Noun

grȁf m (Cyrillic spelling гра̏ф)

  1. (mathematics) graph
  2. (graph theory) graph

Declension


Swedish

Noun

graf c

  1. (mathematics) graph, the set
  2. (graph theory) graph; a ordered set (V,E) of edges which joins to the vertices such that each of the edge's ends is located at a vertex
  3. Obsolete spelling of grav

Declension

Inflection of graf 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative graf grafen grafer graferna
Genitive grafs grafens grafers grafernas
Inflection of graf 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative graf grafven grafvar grafvarna
Genitive grafs grafvens grafvars grafvarnas

Related terms

See also


Volapük

Noun

graf (plural grafs)

  1. count (ruler of a county)

Declension

Derived terms

  • grafän