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) (countable) A surname. A surname from German. A surname from Dutch. A city in Iowa, United States. === See also === === Anagrams === frag == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Graf. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡraf] === Proper noun === Graf m anim (female equivalent Grafová) a male surname ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Graf”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech) == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡraːf/, [ɡʁäːf], [ɡräːf], [-ɑː-] Homophone: Graph === Etymology 1 === 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) count (a member of the German nobility) earl (a British or Irish nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related 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) a surname ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== Graf m (weak or mixed, genitive Grafen or (nonstandard) Grafs, plural Grafen) (mathematics) alternative spelling of Graph ===== Declension ===== ==== Noun ==== Graf n (strong, genitive Grafs, plural Grafe) (linguistics) alternative spelling of Graph ===== Usage notes ===== The spelling Graf has been an optional spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform) as of 2006. ===== Declension ===== === Further reading === “Graf” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “Graf” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Graf (Titel, Beamter, Adliger)” in Duden online == 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 === IPA(key): /ɡʀaːf/ Rhymes: -aːf === Noun === Graf n (plural Griewer) grave ==== Related terms ==== Gruef === Further reading === Graf in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire