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graf

graf noun: a German or Austrian count (nobleman). Also the alternative spelling of graff.

Noun (1)

graf (plural grafs)

  1. (historical, uncommon) A German or Austrian count (nobleman).
    • 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.1843 February, “Graf de Tropp”, in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, volume 27, page 200

Noun (2)

graf (plural grafs)

  1. (slang) A paragraph.
    • Brooks lays out the crux of his case his case in his first three grafs of his article:2010 January 27, Matt Taibbi, “Populism: Just Like Racism!”, in True/Slant, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2013
    • This Wednesday story includes a graf on Reuters’ stance: […]2025 February 13, Joshua Benton, “Trump wants news outlets to get on board with ‘Gulf of America’ — or else. Will they?”, in Nieman Journalism Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Nieman Foundation for...

Proper noun capitalized: Graf

Graf (countable and uncountable, plural Grafs)

  1. A surname from German.
  2. A surname from Dutch.
  3. A city in Iowa, United States.

Also used as

graf is also the alternative spelling of graff.

Forms of graf

Noun
pluralgrafs
Proper noun
pluralGrafs

Plural of graf: grafs

Origin of graf

From German Graf (“count”). Doublet of graaf and grave.

Phonetic respelling of clipping of paragraph.

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

Words formed from graf

Phrases with graf

Questions about graf

What does graf mean?
Graf means a German or Austrian count (nobleman).
What part of speech is graf?
Graf can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of graf?
The plural of graf is grafs.

Words near graf in the dictionary

  1. Graeme
  2. graemite
  3. graeserite
  4. Graesser
  5. Graetz
  6. graf
  7. graf artist
  8. graf artists
  9. Grafe
  10. Grafes
  11. graff

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Adapted from Wiktionary: graf (page history and authors); Graf (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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