how to pronounce дань

/danʲ/

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дань is pronounced in one syllable

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nʲ

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An example use of дань in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… они платят дань но если раньше они …”

meanings of дань

noun:

Toll.
Tributary.
Homage, tribute.
Contribution, tribute.

дань frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word дань occurs in russian on average 6.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.