English

Noun

Dane ‎(plural Danes)

1. A person from Denmark or of Danish descent.
2. (historical) A member of the Danes, a Germanic tribe inhabiting the Danish islands and parts of southern Sweden.

Synonyms

• (person from Denmark): Danish

Derived terms

• Great Dane

Translations

Proper noun

Dane

1. A surname​ for someone who came from Denmark, also a variant of Dean.
   • 1913 Harry Leon Wilson, Bunker Bean, BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2008, ISBN 0554347148, 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.

2. 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 0517201658, 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.

Anagrams

• Aden
• dean, Dean
• Edna
• Enda

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdanɛ/
• Rhymes: -anɛ
• Hyphenation: Da‧ne

Proper noun

Dane

1. vocative singular of Dan

Czech

Noun

dane

1. masculine animate vocative singular of dan (master of judo and karate)

Etymology 2

Noun

dane

1. masculine inanimate vocative singular of dan (degree in judo and karate)

Etymology 3

Noun

dane

1. masculine inanimate vocative singular of dan (stage of Paleogene)

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdanɛ]

Participle

dane

1. nominative singular neuter of dany
2. accusative singular neuter of dany
3. nominative plural of dany
4. accusative plural of dany

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdanɛ/

Noun

dane pl

1. data

Declension

Related terms

• dać, dawać

Portuguese

Verb

dane

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of danar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of danar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of danar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of danar