Strunk is a German surname, originating from the

Middle High German Middle High German (MHG; or ; , shortened as ''Mhdt.'' or ''Mhd.'') is the term for the form of High German, High German language, German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High ...

word ''strunc'' and the

Middle Low German Middle Low German is a developmental stage of Low German. It developed from the Old Saxon language in the Middle Ages and has been documented in writing since about 1225–34 (). During the Hanseatic period (from about 1300 to about 1600), Mid ...

word ''strunk''/''stronk'' meaning "stump", "stem of a cabbage plant", and "stalk", which was used as a nickname for "a short, stout, ungainly person"; it was also used as "a topographic name for someone who lived in an area with tree trunks" or a vegetable field. There are 2105 people with this surname in Germany, mostly in the west of the country. As of 2010, there were 8129 people in the United States with this surname. A spelling variant of the surname is Strunck, with 337 bearers in Germany.

Strunk

Amos Strunk Amos Aaron Strunk (January 22, 1889 – July 22, 1979) was a center fielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1908 through 1924. A member of four World Series champion teams, Strunk batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Philadelphi ...

(1889–1979), American baseball player * Amy Adams Strunk (born 1955), American businesswoman * (1844–1922), abbot of

Oelenberg Abbey Oelenberg Abbey (; ; ) is a Trappist monastery located in Reiningue near Mulhouse, France. It has been an important place of worship in Alsace since the 11th century and most recently hosted a small community of ten monks (as of 2024). The forme ...

* (1935–2009), German educator * (1883–1952), German politician * Heinz Strunk (born 1962), German novelist, humorist musician and actor * (1882–1933), German educator and politician * (born 1980), German chemist and university professor *

Jud Strunk Justin Roderick Strunk Jr. (June 11, 1936 – October 5, 1981), better known as Jud Strunk, was an American singer-songwriter and comedian. Biography Early years Born in Jamestown, New York, United States, he was raised in Buffalo, New York ...

(1936–1981), American singer-songwriter and comedian * (1930–2018), German linguist and Indo-Europeanist * (born 1949), German installation and photo artist * (born 1974), German playwright and director * (born 1990), German actor and musician *

Oliver Strunk William Oliver Strunk (March 22, 1901 – February 24, 1980) was an American musicologist. Charles Rosen called him one of the most influential American musicologists of the 1930s to the 1960s.Rosen, Charles. "The Discipline of Philology: Oliver S ...

(1901–1980), American musicologist * (1909–1972), German SS ''Hauptscharführer'' * (1929–2020), German psychiatrist, psychotherapist and university professor * (1941–2023), German Protestant theologian * Roger Lawrence Strunk, popularly known as Rod Lauren (1941–2007), American actor and singer * (d. 1937), German journalist and war correspondent * (born 1952), German footballer * William Strunk Jr. (1869–1946), American professor and author ** Strunk & White (The Elements of Style), a style guide to writing American English

Strunck/Strungk

* (1878–1962), German politician * (born 1970), German art historian * Delphin Strungk (or Strunck, 1600/1601–1694), German composer and organist * Erich Strunck, a Nazi German spy in the United States, of the Duquesne Spy Ring * James E. Strunck (1910–1988), American lawyer, politician, and judge * (born 1954), German footballer * Nicklas Strunck (born 1999), Danish footballer * Nicolaus Adam Strungk (or Strunck, 1640–1700), German composer and violinist

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{{surname German-language surnames

Strunk

Strunck/Strungk

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