28-592: Johansen Origin Word/name Germanic Meaning "son of Johan" Region of origin Scandinavia Other names Variant form(s) Johansson , Johanson , Johnson Johansen is a Scandinavian patronymic surname meaning "son of Johan " . It is most common in Denmark and Norway . The Swedish variant
56-638: A branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe , North America , Oceania , and Southern Africa . The most widely spoken Germanic language, English , is also the world's most widely spoken language with an estimated 2 billion speakers. All Germanic languages are derived from Proto-Germanic , spoken in Iron Age Scandinavia , Iron Age Northern Germany and along
84-524: A common history of pre-Proto-Germanic speakers throughout the Nordic Bronze Age . From the time of their earliest attestation, the Germanic varieties are divided into three groups: West , East , and North Germanic. Their exact relation is difficult to determine from the sparse evidence of runic inscriptions. Jan Johansen (politician) Too Many Requests If you report this error to
112-544: A hypothetical Proto-Germanic , united by subjection to the sound shifts of Grimm's law and Verner's law . These probably took place during the Pre-Roman Iron Age of Northern Europe from c. 500 BC . Proto-Germanic itself was likely spoken after c. 500 BC , and Proto-Norse from the 2nd century AD and later is still quite close to reconstructed Proto-Germanic, but other common innovations separating Germanic from Proto-Indo-European suggest
140-608: A minority language by immigrant communities in North America, South America, Central America, Mexico and Australia. A German dialect, Pennsylvania Dutch , is still used among various populations in the American state of Pennsylvania in daily life. A group of Alemannic German dialects commonly referred to as Alsatian is spoken in Alsace , part of modern France. Dutch is an official language of Aruba , Belgium, Curaçao ,
168-626: A native language of some 11 to 13 million people, remains in use by some 1.5 million speakers in Jewish communities around the world, mainly in North America, Europe, Israel, and other regions with Jewish populations . Limburgish varieties are spoken in the Limburg and Rhineland regions, along the Dutch–Belgian–German border. In addition to being the official language in Sweden, Swedish
196-607: A separate collection of unstandardized dialects, with roughly 4.35–7.15 million native speakers and probably 6.7–10 million people who can understand it (at least 2.2 million in Germany (2016) and 2.15 million in the Netherlands (2003)); Yiddish , once used by approximately 13 million Jews in pre- World War II Europe, now with approximately 1.5 million native speakers; Scots , with 1.5 million native speakers; Limburgish varieties with roughly 1.3 million speakers along
224-459: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johansen&oldid=1240213298 " Categories : Surnames Danish-language surnames Norwegian-language surnames Patronymic surnames Surnames from given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
252-1684: Is Johansson , while the most common spelling in the US is Johanson . There are still other spellings. Johansen is an uncommon given name . People with the surname Johansen include: Allan Johansen (born 1971), Danish professional road bicycle racer Anders Johansen August E. Johansen (1905–1995), U.S. Representative from Michigan Bård Tufte Johansen (born 1969), Norwegian comedian William Odd "Red" Johansen (1928–2001), Canadian professional ice hockey player Bjørn Johansen (footballer) (born 1969), Norwegian footballer Bjørn Johansen (ice hockey) (born 1944), Norwegian ice hockey player Bjørn Johansen (musician) (1940–2002), Norwegian jazz musician Christian Johansen Dan Anton Johansen (born 1979), Danish professional footballer Darryl Johansen (born 1959), Australian chess Grandmaster David Johansen (born 1950), American singer, songwriter, and actor Egil Johansen (musician) (1934–1998), Norwegian-Swedish jazz drummer Egil Johansen (footballer) (born 1962), Norwegian footballer Egil Johansen (orienteer) (born 1954), Norwegian orienteer Egil Borgen Johansen (1934–1993), Norwegian archer Elisabeth Johansen (1907–1993), Greenlandic midwife and politician Eva Margot (born Johansen, 1944–2019), Norwegian painter Magnet (musician) (born Even Johansen in 1970), Norwegian singer-songwrite Franz M. Johansen (1928–2018), American sculptor, emeritus professor at BYU Gotfred Johansen (1895–1978), Danish lightweight professional boxer H.W. "Woody" Johansen (1913–1991), American engineer and namesake of
280-594: Is also spoken natively by the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland, which is a large part of the population along the coast of western and southern Finland. Swedish is also one of the two official languages in Finland, along with Finnish , and the only official language in Åland . Swedish is also spoken by some people in Estonia. Danish is an official language of Denmark and in its overseas territory of
308-595: Is also the official language in the overseas territories of Norway such as Svalbard , Jan Mayen , Bouvet island , Queen Maud Land , and Peter I island . Icelandic is the official language of Iceland . Faroese is the official language of the Faroe Islands, and is also spoken by some people in Denmark. Germanic languages by share (West Germanic in yellow-red shades and North Germanic in blue shades): All Germanic languages are thought to be descended from
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#1732773232432336-526: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Germanic languages Pontic Steppe Caucasus East Asia Eastern Europe Northern Europe Pontic Steppe Northern/Eastern Steppe Europe South Asia Steppe Europe Caucasus India Indo-Aryans Iranians East Asia Europe East Asia Europe Indo-Aryan Iranian Indo-Aryan Iranian Others European The Germanic languages are
364-541: Is one of the 11 official languages in South Africa and is a lingua franca of Namibia. It is used in other Southern African nations, as well. Low German is a collection of very diverse dialects spoken in the northeast of the Netherlands and northern Germany. Some dialects like East Pomeranian have been imported to South America. Scots is spoken in Lowland Scotland and parts of Ulster (where
392-750: Is unknown as some of them, especially the East Germanic languages, disappeared during or after the Migration Period . Some of the West Germanic languages also did not survive past the Migration Period, including Lombardic . As a result of World War II and subsequent mass expulsion of Germans , the German language suffered a significant loss of Sprachraum , as well as moribundity and extinction of several of its dialects. In
420-563: The Dutch – Belgian – German border; and the Frisian languages with over 500,000 native speakers in the Netherlands and Germany. The largest North Germanic languages are Swedish , Danish , and Norwegian , which are in part mutually intelligible and have a combined total of about 20 million native speakers in the Nordic countries and an additional five million second language speakers; since
448-522: The Faroe Islands , and it is a lingua franca and language of education in its other overseas territory of Greenland , where it was one of the official languages until 2009. Danish, a locally recognized minority language, is also natively spoken by the Danish minority in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein . Norwegian is the official language of Norway (both Bokmål and Nynorsk ). Norwegian
476-592: The Johansen Expressway Hans Johansen (1897–1973), Russian-Danish zoologist Helga Johansen (1852–1912), Danish novelist Henry Johansen (1904–1988), Norwegian international football goalkeeper Hermann Johansen (1866–1930), Russian zoologist Hjalmar Johansen (1867–1913), Norwegian polar explorer Holger Hott Johansen (born 1974), Norwegian orienteering competitor Iris Johansen (born 1938), American author Jacob Lerche Johansen (1818–1900), Norwegian Minister of
504-581: The North Sea and Baltic coasts. The West Germanic languages include the three most widely spoken Germanic languages: English with around 360–400 million native speakers; German , with over 100 million native speakers; and Dutch , with 24 million native speakers. Other West Germanic languages include Afrikaans , an offshoot of Dutch originating from the Afrikaners of South Africa , with over 7.1 million native speakers; Low German , considered
532-593: The consonant change known as " Grimm's law ." Early varieties of Germanic entered history when the Germanic tribes moved south from Scandinavia in the 2nd century BC to settle in the area of today's northern Germany and southern Denmark. English is an official language of Belize , Canada, Nigeria, Falkland Islands , Saint Helena , Malta , New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, Philippines, Jamaica, Dominica , Guyana , Trinidad and Tobago , American Samoa , Palau , St. Lucia , Grenada , Barbados , St. Vincent and
560-1052: The yield theory for connections (1949) Kevin Johansen (born 1964), Argentine-American rock musician Kyle Johansen (born 1967), American politician Lars Emil Johansen (born 1946), second Prime Minister of Greenland Lucas Johansen (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player Magne Johansen (born 1965), Norwegian ski jumper Mathias Hove Johansen (born 1998), Norwegian sprinter Michael Johansen (born 1972), Danish professional football player Pete Johansen violin player, session member of bands Sirenia, Tristania and others Ravi (Ivar Johansen) (born 1976), Norwegian musician Reidar Johansen (born 1955), Norwegian politician Roar Johansen (1935–2015), Norwegian footballer Ryan Johansen (born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player Sharon Johansen (born 1948), Norwegian-American model and actress Stig Johansen (born 1972), Norwegian professional football striker Terje Riis Johansen (born 1968), Norwegian politician for
588-409: The 21st century, German dialects are dying out as Standard German gains primacy. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called Proto-Germanic, also known as Common Germanic, which was spoken in about the middle of the 1st millennium BC in Iron Age Scandinavia . Proto-Germanic, along with all of its descendants, notably has a number of unique linguistic features, most famously
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#1732773232432616-975: The Grenadines , Puerto Rico, Guam , Hong Kong, Singapore, Pakistan, India, Papua New Guinea , Namibia , Vanuatu , the Solomon Islands and former British colonies in Asia, Africa and Oceania. Furthermore, it is the de facto language of the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia, as well as a recognized language in Nicaragua and Malaysia. German is a language of Austria, Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein , Luxembourg and Switzerland; it also has regional status in Italy, Poland, Namibia and Denmark. German also continues to be spoken as
644-672: The Middle Ages, however, these languages have been strongly influenced by Middle Low German , a West Germanic language, and Low German words account for about 30–60% of their vocabularies according to various estimates. Other extant North Germanic languages are Faroese , Icelandic , and Elfdalian , which are more conservative languages with no significant Low German influence, more complex grammar and limited mutual intelligibility with other North Germanic languages today. The East Germanic branch included Gothic , Burgundian , and Vandalic , all of which are now extinct. The last to die off
672-792: The Navy Jan Johansen (canoeist) (born 1944), Norwegian Olympic canoeist Jan Johansen (politician) (born 1955), Danish politician and MF Jan Arvid Johansen (1947–2017), Norwegian musician Jan Johansen (born 1966), Swedish singer Johan Strand Johansen (1903–1970), Norwegian Minister of Labour and politician John Johansen (athlete) (1883–1947), Norwegian sprinter John Christen Johansen (1876–1964), Danish-American portraitist John M. Johansen (1916–2012), American architect Jon Lech Johansen (born 1983), Norwegian known for reverse engineering data formats K. V. Johansen (born 1968), Canadian fantasy and children's author K. W. Johansen (born ?), Author of
700-428: The Netherlands, Sint Maarten , and Suriname . The Netherlands also colonized Indonesia , but Dutch was scrapped as an official language after Indonesian independence . Today, it is only used by older or traditionally educated people. Dutch was until 1983 an official language in South Africa but evolved into and was replaced by Afrikaans , a partially mutually intelligible daughter language of Dutch. Afrikaans
728-579: The Norwegian Centre Party Thomas Kjeller Johansen (born 1965), Danish-Norwegian philosopher Trevor Johansen (born 1957), retired professional national hockey league player Tor Egil Johansen (born 1950), Norwegian footballer See also [ edit ] Johansson Johanson Johannsen Maik Yohansen [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Johansen . If an internal link intending to refer to
756-515: The local dialect is known as Ulster Scots ). Frisian is spoken among half a million people who live on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany. Luxembourgish is a Moselle Franconian dialect that is spoken mainly in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , where it is considered to be an official language. Similar varieties of Moselle Franconian are spoken in small parts of Belgium, France, and Germany. Yiddish, once
784-543: Was Crimean Gothic , spoken until the late 18th century in some isolated areas of Crimea . The SIL Ethnologue lists 48 different living Germanic languages, 41 of which belong to the Western branch and six to the Northern branch; it places Riograndenser Hunsrückisch German in neither of the categories, but it is often considered a German dialect by linguists. The total number of Germanic languages throughout history
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