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  • noun The quality or state of being Danish.

Etymologies

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Danish +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • The centripetal force that draws the individual members of one nationality together, and which we in Denmark call Danishness, that which, further, draws nationalities of the same family together, and which in Denmark is called

    Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth Brandes, George, 1842-1927 1906

  • The centripetal force that draws the individual members of one nationality together, and which we in Denmark call Danishness, that which, further, draws nationalities of the same family together, and which in Denmark is called

    Recollections of My Childhood and Youth Georg Morris Cohen Brandes 1884

  • They trample on the Danish flag, and trample on my damned Danishness.

    Archive 2010-01-01 David McDuff 2010

  • When Danes trample on my expatriate Danishness, they trample on my heart.

    Integration Poem. February 2006 David McDuff 2010

  • When Danes trample on my expatriate Danishness, they trample on my heart.

    Archive 2010-01-01 David McDuff 2010

  • They trample on the Danish flag, and trample on my damned Danishness.

    Integration Poem. February 2006 David McDuff 2010

  • On the Left we hear culturalist battle cries calling for the recognition of the most anti-modern and unappetising cultural practices; on the right we hear the battle cry of Danishness and the reawakening of a most anti-modern and unpalatable Danish nationalism.

    Archive 2009-01-11 William Harryman 2009

  • Ability to pronounce it correctly is considered a proof of Danishness.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Will 2007

  • Ability to pronounce it correctly is considered a proof of Danishness.

    DesignerBlog Will 2007

  • Escher print, the poster for Melancholia manages to pull together many of the major themes of the film - marriage, depression, death the end of the world, discomfort, alienation, even, perhaps, Danishness - incredibly effectively.

    The Guardian World News Paul Owen 2011

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