Dane
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Dane
- /deɪn/ UK
Sounds like deign (pane–pain merger) · Rhymes with -eɪn
Where it comes from
From Middle English Dane, from Old Norse danir or Old English Dene. Both forms ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *daniz.
noun Danes
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A person from Denmark or of Danish descent.
But the Danes remained resolute in defence - largely thanks to a spirited display by captain Daniel Agger - and they went ahead with their first meaningful attack.
Similar: Danish, Danishman, Denmarkian
- In Anglo-Saxon England, any of the seafaring raiders and settlers who attacked and colonized parts of England from the late 8th century onward; a Viking.
- A member of a Germanic tribe inhabiting the Danish islands and parts of southern Sweden. Kenett states that the military works still known by the name of Tadmarten Camp and Hook-Norton Barrow were cast up at this time; the former, large and round, is judged to be a fortification of the Danes, and the latter, being smaller and rather a quinquangle than a square, of the Saxons.
proper noun
- A surname transferred from the nickname for someone who came from Denmark, also a variant of Dean. Often he wrote good ones on casual slips and fancied them his; names like Trevellyan or Montressor or Delancey, with musical prefixes; or a good, short, beautiful, but dignified name like "Gordon Dane". He liked that one. It suggested something.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, or from the ethnic term Dane (like Scott or Norman). "I'm going to call him Dane." "What a queer name! Why? Is it an O'Neill family name? I thought you were finished with the O'Neills." "It's got nothing to do with Luke. This is his name, no one else's. - - - I called Justine Justine simply because I liked the name, and I'm calling Dane Dane for the s
- A river, the River Dane, in Cheshire, England, which joins the River Weaver at Northwich.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: danish, dansk, denmark, zaa, dan, geld, tax, taxation, levy, data, duty, gelt, hamlet, scandinavian, norseman, norsewoman
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noun person from Denmark
| Español | danés, danesa |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 덴마크인 denmakeu'in, 덴마크 사람 denmakeu saram |
| 日本語 | デンマーク人 Denmāku-jin |
| 中文 | 丹麥人 /丹麦人 Dānmài-rén |
| हिन्दी | डैनिश ḍainiś, डेनिश ḍeniś, डेन ḍen |
| Kiswahili | Mdeni, Wadeni |
| Português | dinamarquês, dinamarquesa, danês |
| Français | Danois, Danoise |
| Deutsch | Däne, Dänin |
| Italiano | danese |
| Ελληνικά | Δανός Danós, Δανή Daní |
| Română | danez |
| Русский | датча́нин datčánin, датча́нка datčánka |
| العربية | دَانِمَارْكِيّ danimārkiyy, دَانِمَرْكِيَّة danimarkiyya |
Talk about this word "Dane." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dane. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Dane. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dane "Dane." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dane.Cite this
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title = {Dane},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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