Dane
/deɪn/noun
A native or inhabitant of Denmark.
Did you know?“Dane” goes back to an ancient Germanic tribal name, and the same root shows up in the old name for Denmark, literally meaning the land of the Danes.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*Daniz
“the Danes; a North Germanic people”
Old English
OE
Dene
“the Danes, Scandinavian people”
Old Norse
ON
Danir
“the Danes”
Old English
OE
Denamearc
“the boundary-mark or borderland of the Danes”
Middle English
ME
Dane
“a Dane; a person from Denmark”
Modern English
English
Dane
“a native or inhabitant of Denmark”