/ɡraf/, [ɡʀɑf]
OriginFrom Middle High German grof, northern variant of grop, from Proto-Germanic *grubaz. Cognate with German grob, Dutch grof. The form graff, graffen is generalised from the uninflected stem; the inflected stem yielded gruef, gruewen, which is attested dialectally (but had the disadvantage of merging with the verb gruewen (“to dig”)).
- rough, coarse
- coarse, vulgar, crude
- rugged, hard-wearing
Formsgraffen(masculine) · grafft(neuter) · méi graff(comparative) · am graffsten(superlative) · hien ass graff(masculine, predicative, singular) · si ass graff(feminine, predicative, singular) · et ass graff(neuter, predicative, singular) · si si graff(plural, predicative) · si sinn graff(plural, predicative) · graffen(accusative, attributive, masculine, nominative, singular, with-determiner) · graff(accusative, attributive, feminine, nominative, singular, with-determiner) · grafft(accusative, attributive, neuter, nominative, singular, with-determiner) · graff(accusative, attributive, nominative, plural, with-determiner) · graffen(accusative, masculine, nominative, singular, without-determiner) · graff(accusative, feminine, nominative, singular, without-determiner) · graffes(accusative, neuter, nominative, singular, without-determiner) · graffer(accusative, nominative, plural, without-determiner) · graffen(dative, masculine, singular, with-head) · graffer(dative, feminine, singular, with-head) · graffen(dative, neuter, singular, with-head)
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