Dane Definition

dān
noun
A native or inhabitant of Denmark.
American Heritage
A person born or living in Denmark.
Webster's New World

(historical) A member of the Danes, a Germanic tribe inhabiting the Danish islands and parts of southern Sweden.

Wiktionary
pronoun

A surname​ for someone who came from Denmark, also a variant of Dean.

Wiktionary
A male given name transferred from the surname, or from the ethnic term Dane (like Scott or Norman).
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Other Word Forms of Dane

Noun

Singular:
Dane
Plural:
danes

Origin of Dane

  • From Danish Daner (“Danes”), from Old Norse Danir. Replaced native Old English Dene. Both forms ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *daniz.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English Dan from Old Norse Danr

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Dane Sentence Examples

  • Dane Park (33 acres) was opened in 1898.

  • The Great Dane is somewhat similar in general character, but is still more gracefully built, with slender limbs and more pointed muzzle.

  • Next a small party consisting of two British subjects, two American citizens, and a Dane, sailed from the Sandwich Islands for Port Lloyd in 1830, taking with them some Hawaiian natives.

  • An earthwork known as Castle Rough, in the marshes below Milton, was probably the work of Hasten the Dane in 892, and Bayford Castle, a mile distant, occupies the site of one said to have been built in opposition by King Alfred, Tong Castle is about 2 m.

  • Chateaubriand visited and described the ruins; the Dane Falbe, the Englishman Nathan Davis, Beule, P. de Sainte-Marie and others also have carried out researches; for more than twenty years Pere Delattre has explored the ruins of Carthage (q.v.) with extraordinary success.

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Words Starting With

DDADAN

Words Ending With

ENEANE

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Dane

Words Starting With D and Ending With E

Starts With D & Ends With EStarts With DA & Ends With EStarts With D & Ends With NE

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With D4 Letter Words Ending With E