Dane en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /deɪn/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle English Dane, from Old Norse danir or Old English Dene. Both forms ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *daniz.
Meanings
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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.
2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2025:As Denmark takes over the presidency of the European Union, Danes are more strongly pro-European than at any time in the past two decades – a shift in sentiment that can at least partly be attributed to US President Donald Trump.
2025 July 5, Sebastian Shukla, “Denmark has long been Euroskeptic. Donald Trump helped change that”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2025:
- (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.
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(historical) 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.
1881, John Kirby Hedges, The history of Wallingford, volume 1, page 170:I have wrestled the hilt from the enemies' hand, avenged the evil done to the Danes; it is what is due.
1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 54:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Red Dane · Dane County · Great Dane
Synonyms
Danishman (person from Denmark) · Denmarkian (person from Denmark) · Danish (person from Denmark)
Translations (101)
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