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Munch (surname)
Munch is a Danish and Norwegian surname, meaning "monk". It may also sometimes be a variant of the German surname Münch, meaning the same. Notable people with this surname include the following: * Adolph Munch (1829–1901), American businessman and politician * Anna Munch (1856–1932), Norwegian novelist * Charles Munch (conductor) (1891–1968), Alsatian symphonic conductor and violinist * Charles Munch (painter) (born 1945), American artist * Edvard Munch (1863–1944), Norwegian painter best known for '' The Scream'' * Emil D. Munch (1831–1887), American businessman and politician * Peter A. Munch (1908–1984), Norwegian-American sociologist, educator and author * Peter Andreas Munch (1810–1863), Norwegian medieval historian * Peter Rochegune Munch Peter Rochegune Munch (in Danish usually referred to as ''P. Munch'') (30 April 1870 – 8 July 1948) was a prominent Danish historian and politician. He was a leading member of the ''Radikale Venstre'', and represented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Language
Danish (; , ) is a North Germanic language spoken by about six million people, principally in and around Denmark. Communities of Danish speakers are also found in Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and the northern German region of Southern Schleswig, where it has minority language status. Minor Danish-speaking communities are also found in Norway, Sweden, the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina. Along with the other North Germanic languages, Danish is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples who lived in Scandinavia during the Viking Era. Danish, together with Swedish, derives from the ''East Norse'' dialect group, while the Middle Norwegian language (before the influence of Danish) and Norwegian Bokmål are classified as ''West Norse'' along with Faroese and Icelandic. A more recent classification based on mutual intelligibility separates modern spoken Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish as "mainland (or ''continental'') Scandinavian", while I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
