They aren't. People from Denmark are called Danes, their language is Danish, and when you refer to culture from Denmark it is called Danish culture. In the Danish language: Danish = Dansk, and Danes = Danskere.
If you are confused about the relation between danish the pastry, and Danish the ethnicity, the answer is that Danish settlers to America made it popular in the States, which is why Americans call that sort of pastry, "danish".
A more etymological (sp?) reason for why Danish are called Danish in English, is because that's what the Germans call "danskere", too. English and German aren't all that foreign to each other, after all.
It has an Indoeuropean root, and means: (the inhabitants of the) flat lands. BTW the word Poles (for the inhabitants of Poland) has a similar meaning.
Someone from Denmark is Danish and therefore a Dane. Which in Danish is called ''en Dansker''.
Denmark. Danish: Danmark.
Because Denmark Claimed it first
Danes. The people of Denmark are called Danes. (A Dane in singular)
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People from Denmark are called Danish.
In English, people from Denmark are called Danes. In Danish, people from Denmark are called Danskere.
One person from Denmark is called a Dane, or Danish. Several Danish people are called Danes.
Denmark is a country seperate from France. France may have a city called Denmark, but that would not be the same as the country Denmark.
Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
A person from Denmark is called a Dane. They are Danish people. we are in standard english called "danish" or "danes", while we in danish are called "danskere". mesdian Danes or Danish are people native to Denmark.
Yes, Denmark has lakes. The biggest one is called Arresø.