The term Danish can indicate:

• the Danish language
• "Danish tongue" is a synonym to the Old Norse language (3rd century - 15th century), spoken in all of Scandinavia
• belonging to the Germanic tribe Daner.
• a citizen of Denmark
• a national of Denmark
• a belonging to the Danish nation (basically Danes in Denmark and Schleswig, but not on the autonomous Faroe Islands).
• in contemporary political debate sometimes ethnicity, excluding some or all immigrants and their offspring
• Danish pastry