Dane

Noun

1. A person of Danish descent.
2. A person from Denmark.
3. (historical) 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.
4. (historical) A member of the Danes, a Germanic tribe inhabiting the Danish islands and parts of southern Sweden.

Name

1. A surname transferred from the nickname for someone who came from Denmark, also a variant of Dean.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, or from the ethnic term Dane (like Scott or Norman).
3. A river, the River Dane, in Cheshire, England, which joins the River Weaver at Northwich.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/deɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: Dane

Cognate with Old English: Dene

In summary

From Middle English Dane, from Old Norse danir or Old English Dene. Both forms ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *daniz.

Synonyms

Danish

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Great Dane

Danes

Danish person

Translations

danese

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Danois

Däne

danés

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Deen

Duńczyk

Dänin

dinamarquês

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Dunka

Danoise

Δανός

danès

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dinamarqués

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Deense

دانماركي