Strunk
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Strunk is a German surname, originating from the Middle High German word strunc and the Middle Low German 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.[1][2] There are 2105 people with this surname in Germany, mostly in the west of the country.[2] As of 2010, there were 8129 people in the United States with this surname.[1] A spelling variant of the surname is Strunck, with 337 bearers in Germany.[3]
Strunk
[edit]- Amos Strunk (1889–1979), American baseball player
- Amy Adams Strunk (born 1955), American businesswoman
- Franziskus Strunk (1844–1922), abbot of Oelenberg Abbey
- Gerhard Strunk (1935–2009), German educator
- Heinrich Strunk (1883–1952), German politician
- Heinz Strunk (born 1962), German novelist, humorist musician and actor
- Hermann Strunk (1882–1933), German educator and politician
- Jennifer Strunk (born 1980), German chemist and university professor
- Jud Strunk (1936–1981), American singer-songwriter and comedian
- Klaus Strunk (1930–2018), German linguist and Indo-Europeanist
- Marion Strunk (born 1949), German installation and photo artist
- Mirjam Strunk (born 1974), German playwright and director
- Nils Strunk (born 1990), German actor and musician
- Oliver Strunk (1901–1980), American musicologist
- Paul Strunk (1909–1972), German SS Hauptscharführer
- Peter Strunk (1929–2020), German psychiatrist, psychotherapist and university professor
- Reiner Strunk (1941–2023), German Protestant theologian
- Roger Lawrence Strunk, popularly known as Rod Lauren (1941–2007), American actor and singer
- Roland Strunk (d. 1937), German journalist and war correspondent
- Werner Strunk (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
[edit]- August Strunck (1878–1962), German politician
- Christina Strunck (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
- Michael Strunck (born 1954), German footballer
- Nicklas Strunck (born 1999), Danish footballer
- Nicolaus Adam Strungk (or Strunck, 1640–1700), German composer and violinist
See also
[edit]- Strunk–Nyssen House, Jackson Township, Minnesota, United States
- Theodor Strünck (1895–1945), German lawyer and resistance fighter
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hanks, Patrick; Lenarčič, Simon; McClure, Peter (30 November 2022). "Strunk". Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-024511-5. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ a b Heuser, Rita (18 December 2023). "Strunk". Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ Heuser, Rita (18 December 2023). "Strunck". Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands. Retrieved 5 January 2024.