graaf

See also:grafand-graaf

English

Etymology

FromDutchgraaf.Doubletofgrafandgrave.

Noun

graaf(pluralgraafs)

1. ADutchearlorcount.
   • 1847,J[acob] van Lennep,translated by Frank Woodley,The Rose of Dekama; or, The Friesian Heiress. A Tale.(The Library of Foreign Romance, and Novel Newspaper: Comprising Standard English Works of Fiction, and Original Translations from the Most Celebrated Continental Authors,volume VIII), London: Bruce and Wyld,[…],page36,column 1:

     The knights of St. John once had here their dwelling, orcommandery,as it was called, but had removed in 1312 to a new building within the city of Haarlem, where they were richly endowed byGraafWilliam the Good, who also conferred on them numerous privileges, of which not the least was, that the commander of the order should thenceforth be the host of thegraafs.

   • 1976,Christopher Matthew,A Different World: Stories of Great Hotels,Paddington Press Ltd.,→ISBN,page17:

     However, when I tell you that the Queen of England and the Duke of Edinburgh were there, and the King of Norway, and the Shah of Persia and Queen Farah Diba, and the Prince Michael of Greece, and Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, and Prince Bertil of Sweden, plus nearly fifty assorted princes and princesses, dukes, barons,graafsand gravins, meurows and heers, you will begin to see just how high a high point it was in the Amstel’s history.

   • 2012,Jesse Bullington,The Folly of the World,Orbit,→ISBN,page231:

     And they always had an excuse, didn’t they? They, them, those—the rich men, thegraafsand their bullyboys, the freemen, the knights, the mercenary chiefs, the militiamen, the lords and ladies… And now he was one of them. Would that he hadn’t drowned his old da, so the wicked asshole could have seen his son become agraafbefore being hanged for whatever crimes Sander saw fit to charge him with.

   • 2016,Daniel O’Malley,Stiletto,New York, N.Y., Boston, Mass., London:Little, Brown and Company,→ISBN,page82:

     And so thegraafsmounted their huge steeds and fled, breaking through the enemy lines.

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

Noun

graaf(pluralgrawe,diminutivegrafie,femininegravin)

1. earl,count

Derived terms

• graafskap

Etymology 2

Noun

graaf(pluralgrawe,diminutivegrafie)

1. shovel

Related terms

• grawe

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɣraːf/

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• Hyphenation:graaf
• Rhymes:-aːf

Etymology 1

FromMiddle Dutchgrâve,fromOld Dutchgrāvo,fromProto-West Germanic*garāfijō.

Noun

graafm(pluralgraven,diminutivegraafjen,femininegravin)

1. earl,count

Derived terms

• burggraaf
• dijkgraaf
• graafschap
• gravin
• markgraaf
• paltsgraaf

Descendants

• Negerhollands:grave

Etymology 2

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Noun

graafm(pluralgrafen,diminutivegraafjen)

1. (graph theory)graph

Etymology 3

FromFrenchgrave(“serious, grave”).Most likely influenced by Dutchergwhich can mean "serious, grave" as well as "very".

Adjective

graaf(comparativegraafer,superlativegraafst)

1. (slang,Belgium)cool(in the sense of nice or impressive)

   Skateboarden isgraverdan inline-skaten!— Skateboarding iscoolerthan inline skating!

Adverb

graaf

1. (slang,Belgium)very

   Dat isgraafduur.— That'sveryexpensive.

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Verb

graaf

1. inflection ofgraven:
   1. first-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. imperative

Farefare

Etymology

FromDutchgraaf,GermanGraf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɡɾaːf/

Noun

graaf

1. earl,count