# Dane

> English word · Noun · IPA /deɪn/ · frequency rank #15,597

## Definitions
1. A person of Danish descent.
2. A person from Denmark.
3. 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.
4. A member of the Danes, a Germanic tribe inhabiting the Danish islands and parts of southern Sweden.

## Etymology
From Middle English Dane, from Old Norse danir or Old English Dene. Both forms ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *daniz.

## Easily confused with
- **de** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dane-vs-de)
- **day** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dane-vs-day)
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dane-vs-due)
- **die** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dane-vs-die)
- **don** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dane-vs-don)
- **DNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dane-vs-dna)
- **den** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dane-vs-den)
- **Dee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dane-vs-dee)
- **doe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dane-vs-doe)
- **dye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dane-vs-dye)
- **das** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dane-vs-das)
- **DNC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dane-vs-dnc)
- **DIN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dane-vs-din)
- **dat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dane-vs-dat)
- **Dre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dane-vs-dre)
- **dun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dane-vs-dun)
- **dar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dane-vs-dar)
- **DAW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dane-vs-daw)
- **Dax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dane-vs-dax)
- **dao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dane-vs-dao)

## Common misspellings (4)
`adne`, `danne`, `ddane`, `dnae`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dane