krona

See also króna, kröna, and kronā

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Swedish krona, crown

Noun

krona (plural kronor)

1. The official currency of Sweden.

Usage notes

Krona is the Swedish spelling, plural: kronor. Króna is the Icelandic spelling, plural: krónur. Krone is the Danish and Norwegian Bokmål spelling, plural: kroner. In Norwegian Nynorsk, both the Bokmål and the Swedish spellings are allowed, but the Swedish spellings is a bracket form.

Translations

currency

• Danish: krone (da) c
• Finnish: kruunu (fi)
• French: couronne (fr) f
• German: Krone (de) f

• Icelandic: króna (is) f
• Norwegian: krone (no) m and f
• Russian: крона (ru) (króna) f
• Swedish: krona (sv) c

Anagrams

• Akron
• koran, Koran

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Latvian

Piecas kronas (1875)

Etymology

A borrowing from the respective Scandianavian languages: Swedish krona, Danish krone, Icelandic króna, all ultimately from Latin corōna (“crown”).

Noun

krona f, 4th declension

1. lats (monetary units of the Scandinavian countries (Swedish krona, Danish krone, Icelandic króna))

   piecas kronas — five krona

   papīra krona — paper krona (i.e., bills, banknotes)

   kronas kurss — the exchange rate of the krona

   grāmata maksā piecas kronas — the book costs five krona

Declension

declension of krona

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	krona	kronas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	kronu	kronas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	kronas	kronu
dative (datīvs)	kronai	kronām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	kronu	kronām
locative (lokatīvs)	kronā	kronās
vocative (vokatīvs)	krona	kronas

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse krýna.

Verb

krona (present tense kronar; past tense krona; past participle krona; passive infinitive kronast; present participle kronande; imperative kron/krona)

1. crown

References

• “krona” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

Noun

krona f

1. definite singular of krone

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Slovene

Noun

krona f

1. crown (royal, imperial or princely headdress)

This Slovene entry was created from the translations listed at crown. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see krona in the Slovene Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkruːˌna/

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Noun

krona

1. crown
2. krona The Swedish krona; Swedish currency unit. crown or occasionally krona, abbreviated to 'kr' or 'kr.'
3. krone (Danish and Norwegian currencies)
4. króna (currencies)
5. heads (of a coin)

   Krona eller klave?

   Heads or tails?

Declension

Declension of krona

	singular		plural
common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	krona	kronan	kronor	kronorna
genitive	kronas	kronans	kronors	kronornas

Usage notes

Krona is the Swedish spelling, plural: kronor. Króna is the Icelandic spelling, plural: krónur. Krone is the Danish and Norwegian spelling, plural: kroner.