What does "dane" mean?
A person of Danish descent.
Dane
name, noun
name, noun ·1 syllable ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A person of Danish descent.
- Grammar: dane is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: danes, danish, danish citizen, danish is.
- Useful contrasts: foreigner from another nation, non-Dane, non-Danish person.
- Usage evidence: The Great Dane is a breed of domestic dog known for its giant size.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person of Danish descent.
"Fresleven - that was the fellow’s name, a Dane - thought himself wronged somehow in the bargain, so he went ashore and started to hammer the chief of the village with a stick."
- 2 a native or inhabitant of Denmark wordnet
- 3 A person from Denmark.
"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."
- 4 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. historical
- 5 A member of the Danes, a Germanic tribe inhabiting the Danish islands and parts of southern Sweden. historical
"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
- 1 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."
- 2 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 same reason." "Well, it does have a nice ring to it," Fee admitted."
- 3 A river, the River Dane, in Cheshire, England, which joins the River Weaver at Northwich.
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Example
"The Great Dane is a breed of domestic dog known for its giant size."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "dane"?
Common synonyms include: danes, danish, danish citizen, danish is, danish jordisk, danish national.
How do you use "dane" in a sentence?
The Great Dane is a breed of domestic dog known for its giant size.
Etymology
From Middle English Dane, from Old Norse danir or Old English Dene. Both forms ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *daniz.