Deign or deign means to reluctantly agree or decide to do something, because it is stooping, or lowering oneself --
He would not deign to socialize with his co-workers.
He would never deign to display emotion in public; you must be thinking of someone else.
Dane ( always capitalized, rhymes with deign ) means a person from Denmark --
He quietly reminded them that he was a Dane, a descendant of the Vikings.
She's a Dane, and doesn't speak much English; can we get a translator?
Now that you know that, you can say--
"The old Dane thinks we're making fun of him, and he won't deign to reply. Get the bilingual dictionary, and maybe we can fix this."
