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dan.

Dane (inhabitant of ancient Denmark)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. Dane (inhabitant of ancient Denmark)

    common-gender · historical
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish dan, from Old Norse danir, from Proto-Germanic *daniz.

adj

  1. constituted in a certain manner

    colloquial · not-comparable
    Han är märklig och dan
Where this word comes from

The perfect participle of Middle Low German don, in other words: "done".

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