Dane
/deɪn/noun
Dane is spelled D-A-N-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Dane means “A person from Denmark or of Danish descent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Dane is Danes.
How many letters and syllables are in Dane?
| Letters | 4: D-A-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is Dane?
Dane appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,613th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Dane?
- UK /deɪn/
Dane has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Dane.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with Dane
Sounds like: deign (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with Dane?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Dane from its last stressed vowel (/eɪn/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of Dane
- Danes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Dane mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person from Denmark or of Danish descent.
- 2
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.
- 3
A member of a Germanic tribe inhabiting the Danish islands and parts of southern Sweden.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dane in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person from Denmark:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | Danois, Danoise |
| German | Däne, Dänin |
| Portuguese | dinamarquês, dinamarquesa, danês |
| Spanish | danés, danesa |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Dane come from?
From Middle English Dane, from Old Norse danir or Old English Dene. Both forms ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *daniz.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).