Dench

See also: dench

English

Etymology

From Middle English Dench, from Densc (“Danish”), from Old English Denisc, from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz. Doublet of Danish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛnt͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛntʃ

Proper noun

Dench

  1. An English surname.

Middle English

Etymology

From Densc (“Danish”), from Old English Denisc, from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz.

Proper noun

Dench

  1. an English surname
    • 1327, F. J. Eld, editor, Lay Subsidy Roll for the County of Worcester, 1 Edward I[II]., Oxford: James Parker and Co., published 1895:
      De Thoma [sic] Dench . . xijd.
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