Question:
what do you call a person that is from Denmark?
aapp04
2006-05-15 22:36:56 UTC
what do you call a person that is from Denmark?
Sixteen answers:
2006-05-22 17:15:34 UTC
a viking

what else??
2016-10-04 09:34:23 UTC
How To Call Denmark
Tod
2006-05-18 17:07:21 UTC
The grammar term for something like this is a "Demonym" or "a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place."



For Denmark, it is irregular.



Demonyms take two forms 1: Adjective 2: Noun

Some demonyms are the same for both. For people from Denmark, the following is true:



Adjective: danish. Describes a noun. "The Danish government"



Noun: a person in this case. "Per is a Dane from Copenhagen."



Think of it in this regard:

Denmark/Danish/Dane is like Spain/Spanish/Spaniard



So in that case, a 'person that is from Denmark' is a Dane.
Cameron H
2006-05-16 03:47:44 UTC
A person from Denmark is a dane. In Danish he would be called a "danske".
torontopartyguy
2006-05-15 22:41:35 UTC
A Dane or Danish. Copenhagen is a great city and the people are very nice!!
2016-05-20 09:59:42 UTC
Danish or Danes
2006-05-15 22:46:16 UTC
Danish.
Andy
2006-05-15 22:42:51 UTC
A Dane or they are Danish
dragonwythe
2006-05-15 22:41:33 UTC
Macbeth, A great dane, Jan ?
sarahsarah09
2006-05-15 22:37:18 UTC
a dane or danish
nictim
2006-05-15 22:40:20 UTC
Sven.
sebyta262
2006-05-15 22:39:30 UTC
danish
qwest_qat
2006-05-15 22:39:27 UTC
Steve if it is a guy. Martha if its a girl
bm123
2006-05-15 22:41:06 UTC
its danish, honey..
2006-05-15 22:45:06 UTC
an anti-islam person
2006-05-15 22:39:46 UTC
denmarkian?


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