Standard Lemma guide

Graf

name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

A surname from German.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A surname.

A surname from Dutch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A city in Iowa, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A German or Austrian count (nobleman).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, uncommon

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A paragraph.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

Topics: journalism, media

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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6

noun

Meaning 6

Alternative spelling of graff (“graffiti”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable

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7

noun

Meaning 7

German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Steffi Graf, Stephanie Graf

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tennis player

History

Etymology

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

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

Phonetic respelling of clipping of paragraph.