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Graf¹

Where it comes from

* As a German and Jewish surname, from graf (“count”).

* As a Dutch surname, spelling variant of Graef.

proper noun Grafs

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

graf²

Where it comes from

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

noun 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.

graf³

Where it comes from

Phonetic respelling of clipping of paragraph.

noun grafs

  1. slang A paragraph. Brooks lays out the crux of his case his case in his first three grafs of his article:

graf⁴

noun

  1. alternative, uncountable Alternative spelling of graff (“graffiti”). For example, a current trend in graf is to simulate a three-dimensional effect (see Figure 1.2). No one graf artist is associated with having developed this method.

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"graf." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/graf. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"graf." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/graf.

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@misc{graf_2026,
  title = {graf},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/graf},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}