Dane
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English Dane, from Old Norse Danir. Displaced native Old English Dene. Both forms ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *daniz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Dane (plural Danes)
- A person from Denmark or of Danish descent.
- (historical) A member of the Danes, a Germanic tribe inhabiting the Danish islands and parts of southern Sweden.
Synonyms[edit]
- (person from Denmark): Danish
Derived terms[edit]
- Dane County (from the surname)
- Great Dane
Translations[edit]
person from Denmark or of Danish descent
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Proper noun[edit]
Dane
- A surname for someone who came from Denmark, also a variant of Dean.
- 1913 Harry Leon Wilson, Bunker Bean, BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2008, →ISBN, page 13
- 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.
- 1913 Harry Leon Wilson, Bunker Bean, BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2008, →ISBN, page 13
- A male given name transferred from the surname, or from the ethnic term Dane (like Scott or Norman).
- 1977 Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds, Gramercy Books 1998, →ISBN, pages 432-433
- "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.
- 1977 Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds, Gramercy Books 1998, →ISBN, pages 432-433
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Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Dane
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse Danir, in turn from Proto-Germanic *daniz. Displaced native Old English Dene.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Dane (plural Danes)
Descendants[edit]
- English: Dane
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- English given names
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