Ref

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ref"

English

Proper noun

Ref (plural Refs)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ref is the 32599^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 705 individuals. Ref is most common among White (60.99%), Black/African American (22.84%), and Hispanic/Latino (11.21%) individuals.

Anagrams

• FER, RFE, erf, f***er, fer

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʁɛf]

Noun

Ref n (strong, genitive Refs, plural Refs)

1. (colloquial, education) Clipping of Referendariat.

Declension

Declension of Ref [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Ref	die	Refs
genitive	eines	des	Refs	der	Refs
dative	einem	dem	Ref	den	Refs
accusative	ein	das	Ref	die	Refs

Noun

Ref m (strong, genitive Refs, plural Refs)

1. (colloquial, sports) Clipping of Referee.

Declension

Declension of Ref [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ref	die	Refs
genitive	eines	des	Refs	der	Refs
dative	einem	dem	Ref	den	Refs
accusative	einen	den	Ref	die	Refs

Further reading

• “Ref” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Ref on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de