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A Dane is a person from Denmark — one of the Nordic countries in northern Europe. You use it for the people, not the language or the pastry: she is a Dane; she speaks Danish; she might also eat a danish.
A DaneDane（丹麥人） is a person from Denmark是來自丹麥的人——one of the Nordic countries in northern Europe丹麥是北歐其中一個國家。You use it for the people, not the language or the pastry這個字是講人，不是講語言或甜點：she is a Dane她是 Dane；she speaks Danish她講 Danish；she might also eat a danish她也可能吃一個 danish。
It is an ordinary, neutral word, fine in speech and in writing.
It這 is an ordinary, neutral word是個很普通、中性的字，fine in speech and in writing口語或書寫都可以用。
Older English also used Dane in history books for the people who sailed from that part of the world and settled in eastern England more than a thousand years ago (the Danelaw), so in a history class the word can feel a little more ‘then’ than ‘now’, though actually it is still the normal word for someone from Denmark today. It is not a rude label; it is just the nationality.
Older English also used Dane in history books比較舊的英文也會在歷史書裡用 Dane for the people who sailed from that part of the world and settled in eastern England more than a thousand years ago指一千多年前從那個地方航海過來、定居在英格蘭東部的人 (the Danelaw)（the Danelaw），so in a history class the word can feel a little more 'then' than 'now'所以在歷史課上，這個字可能感覺比較「當年」而不是「現在」，though actually it is still the normal word for someone from Denmark today但其實今天它還是講丹麥人的正常用字。It這 is not a rude label不是不禮貌的稱呼；it is just the nationality只是講國籍而已。
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以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Danenoun/deɪn/
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A person from Denmark or of Danish descent.
- But the Danes remained resolute in defence - largely thanks to a spirited display by captain Daniel Agger - and they went ahead with their first meaningful attack.
- As Denmark takes over the presidency of the European Union, Danes are more strongly pro-European than at any time in the past two decades – a shift in sentiment that can at least partly be attributed to US President Donald Trump.
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historicalIn 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.
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historicalA member of a Germanic tribe inhabiting the Danish islands and parts of southern Sweden.
- Kenett states that the military works still known by the name of Tadmarten Camp and Hook-Norton Barrow were cast up at this time; the former, large and round, is judged to be a fortification of the Danes, and the latter, being smaller and rather a quinquangle than a square, of the Saxons.
- I have wrestled the hilt from the enemies' hand, avenged the evil done to the Danes; it is what is due.
Danename/deɪn/
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A surname transferred from the nickname for someone who came from Denmark, also a variant of Dean.
- 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.
- In “Euphoria,” Dane plays Cal Jacobs, the troubled father to Jacob Elordi’s character in the HBO drama, which is scheduled to begin production on its third season on April 14.
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A male given name transferred from the surname, or from the ethnic term Dane (like Scott or Norman).
- "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.
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A river, the River Dane, in Cheshire, England, which joins the River Weaver at Northwich.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。