Munch

Munch

Munch may refer to:

  • Edvard Munch (1863–1944), a Norwegian expressionist painter and printmaker best known for his work The Scream
    • Edvard Munch (film), 1973 biographical film written and directed by Peter Watkins
    • Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway, dedicated to the work and life of the painter Edvard Munch
  • Munch or Münch (family lineage) (Basler Family Name) then later Münch von Münchenstein, Münch von Münchsberg and Münch von Landskron (Swiss aristocracy/Ritter (mittelhochdeutsch: Reiter, lat. eques, franz. chevalier, engl. knight, ital. cavaliere, span. caballero, slaw. vitez, vityaz, ungar. vitéz)) between the years 1185 and 1759.

Other people called Munch:

  • Charles Munch (1891–1968), Alsatian conductor
  • Ernsto Munch (1876–1946), a plant physiologist who proposed the Pressure Flow Hypothesis to explain the mechanism of phloem translocation
  • Gustafa Munch-Petersen (1912–1938), Danish writer and painter
  • John Q. Munch, a fictional detective character played by the actor Richard Belzer on several television shows
  • P.A. Munch (1810–1863), a Norwegian historian who did groundbreaking work on Norway's medieval period
  • Peter A. Munch (1908–1984), a Norwegian-American sociologist
  • Peter Rochegune Munch (1870–1948), Danish foreign minister from 1929 to 1940 and one of the founders of the Danish Social Liberal Party
  • Hartung Münch, bishop of Basel from 1325 to 1328

Other uses of the word Munch:

  • Cookie Monster Munch, a video game released in 1983 for the Atari 2600
  • Maximal munch, a computer programming principle that as much of the input as possible should be processed
  • Mighty Munch, a corn snack available in Ireland made by Tayto
  • Monster Munch, a corn snack in UK and Ireland produced by Walkers
  • Monster Munch (C64 computer game) (1984), a Pacman-type game for the Commodore 64 computer
  • Munch (candy), a peanut candy bar made by Mars
  • Munch bunch, a series of children's books written by British author Denis Bond
  • Munch Township, Minnesota, United States of America
  • Munch (BDSM), a low-pressure social gathering for people involved in or interested in BDSM
  • Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee, the third game made by Oddworld Inhabitants (Microsoft Xbox)
  • Slang term meaning "To Eat"

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  • Münch — steht für: Münch (Geschlecht), ehemaliges Adels /Rittergeschlecht in Basel Münch (Adelsgeschlecht), Adelsgeschlecht in Thüringen Münch (Motorradhersteller), deutsche Motorradmarke Münch ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Alexander Münch… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • MUNCH (E.) — Parallèlement aux grandes œuvres des écrivains scandinaves, Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, la production d’Edvard Munch représente la contribution inattendue de la Norvège à l’épanouissement de la peinture et de la gravure au XXe siècle. La… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Münch — is a surname, and may refer to: Münch (family lineage) (Basler Family Name) then later Münch von Münchenstein, Münch von Münchsberg and Münch von Landskron (Swiss aristocracy/Ritter (mittelhochdeutsch: Reiter, lat. eques, franz. chevalier, engl.… …   Wikipedia

  • Munch — ist ein in Skandinavien verbreiteter Familienname folgender Personen: Edvard Munch (1863–1944), norwegischer Maler und Graphiker Gustaf Munch Petersen (1912–1938), dänischer Autor und Maler Peter Andreas Munch (1810–1863), norwegischer Historiker …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Munch — Munch, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Munched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Munching}.] [Prob. akin to mumble: cf. also F. manger to eat (cf. {Mange}), and m[^a]cher to cher (cf. {Masticate}). See {Mumble}.] To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, as a beast… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • MÜNCH (C.) — MÜNCH CHARLES (1891 1968) Issu d’une famille de musiciens alsaciens (il est le neveu d’Albert Schweitzer), Charles Münch travaille le violon au conservatoire de Strasbourg, puis à Paris avec Lucien Capet et à Berlin avec Carl Flesch. Il débute… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Munch —   [mʊȖk], Edvard, norwegischer Maler und Grafiker, * Løten (Provinz Hedmark) 12. 12. 1863, ✝ Hof Ekely (bei Oslo) 23. 1. 1944; begann seine künstlerische Ausbildung 1881 in der Zeichenschule in Kristiania (heute Oslo) und setzte sie 1882 bei C.… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • munch — munch·er; munch·kin; munch; …   English syllables

  • munch´er — munch «muhnch», verb, noun. –v.t., v.i. to chew vigorously and steadily; chew noisily: »The horse munched its oats. –n. the act or sound of munching: »... as crisp as the munch of a Baldwin apple (New Yorker). ╂[apparently imitative. Compare etym …   Useful english dictionary

  • Münch — Münch, Wilhelm, Schulmann, geb. 23. Febr. 1843 in Schwalbach, studierte in Bonn und Berlin, war nacheinander Lehrer am Gymnasium in Kleve, Oberlehrer an der Realschule erster Ordnung in Barmen, Direktor der Realschule erster Ordnung in Ruhrort… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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