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

• Markgraf

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

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

• frag

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

• podgraf
• teorie grafů f

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

• grafsteen

Related terms

• graven

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

• “graf” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowing from English graph

Noun

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

1. graph (diagram)

References

• “graf” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Noun

grāf ?

1. grove

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle English: grove
  • English: grove

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

graf m inan

1. (mathematics) graph

Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

graf m ‎(genitive singular grafa, plural grafaichean)

1. graph

Derived terms

• clò-ghrafachd

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

Related terms

• grafik
• grafiker
• grafisk
• grafteori
• telegraf

See also

• diagram
• grav
• gravyr
• greve
• ritning

Volapük

Noun

graf ‎(plural grafs)

1. count (ruler of a county)

Declension

Derived terms

• grafän