Europeans said to have stoops (6)
I believe the answer is:
deigns
'stoops' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'europeans said' is the wordplay.
'europeans' becomes 'danes' (Danish people).
'said' shows a homophone (sound like).
'danes' sounds like 'DEIGNS'.
'to have' is the link.
(Other definitions for deigns that I've seen before include "Condescends by design" , "Condescends, is loftily gracious" , "Singed (anag)" , "Does something beneath one's dignity" , "'Stoops, humbles oneself (6)'" .)