The term Dane may refer to: People with a Danish ancestral or ethnic identity, whether living in Denmark, emigrants, or the descendants of emigrants. Members of the Danish ethnic minority in Southern Schleswig, a former Danish province. Anyone whose mother tongue's Danish. Nationals or citizens of Denmark, which also includes a German minority in South Jutland. The Danes, as an ethnic group,'s part of the larger ethnic group known as Scandinavians. Origins The current Danes are descended fr… (More on Danes)