Dane

[ deyn ]

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
2. a person of Danish descent.
3. Great Dane.
4. a male given name.

Dane

/ deɪn /

noun

1. a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Denmark
2. any of the Vikings who invaded England from the late 8th to the 11th century ad

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dane¹

before 950; Middle English Dan, Old English Dene (plural), influenced by Old Norse Danir (plural)

Example Sentences

Just as Dane is about to touch it, a disembodied voice stops him and asks if he’s ready to do that.

From Vox

The primary reveal here is that Dane is a potential superhero.

From Vox

Dane was just filming it on his own, and I guess planned to either sell it to his fans on his website or sell it to a network.

From The Daily Beast

I was really trying to come to terms with the idea of being a sort of a Robin or a Scottie Pippen to Dane’s Batman or Michael Jordan.

From The Daily Beast

Underly grabbed a 71,344-vote margin out of Dane, half of her overall win margin, and impossible for Kerr to make up elsewhere.

From Washington Post

Like many of us, Dane DeHaan grew up pretending to be Spider-Man.

From The Daily Beast

WANT Les Essentiels de la Vie Stansted Garment Bag, $550 at East Dane  6.

From The Daily Beast

The best Scrabble game I could come up with would be me, Jon Hamm, and Dane DeHaan.

From The Daily Beast

The plane crash claimed the lives of Mark Sloan (Eric Dane) and Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh), and left Arizona with one leg.

From The Daily Beast

The image, she says, pays homage to portraits of Henry VIII, as well as a famous photo of David Bowie parked next to a Great Dane.

From The Daily Beast

"How that fire passed the guards I don't know, but there will be time to find out later," he said to Dane.

From Project Gutenberg

Once more the smoke grew blinding, and one of Dane's beasts went down.

From Project Gutenberg

The Great Dane, crouching close and snarling, watched him as a cat watches a mouse.

From Project Gutenberg

Dane turned and laughed at him as he signed to one of the Ontario hired men to take the near horse's head.

From Project Gutenberg

The dog was a Great Dane, big enough and seemingly savage enough for a bear.

From Project Gutenberg