krona

See also: króna, kröna, kronā, and kroņa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from 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 spelling, plural: kroner.

Translations

currency

• Danish: krone (da) c
• Faroese: króna f
• Finnish: kruunu (fi)
• French: couronne (fr) f
• German: Krone (de) f
• Icelandic: króna (is) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian: krone (no) m or f
• Persian: کرون (fa) (krun)
• Russian: кро́на (ru) f (króna)
• Slovak: krona f
• Swedish: krona (sv) c

Anagrams

• Akron, Koran, Ranko

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Latvian

Piecas kronas (1875)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [krōːna]

Audio:

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Noun

krona f (4th declension)

1. krona (monetary units of the Scandinavian countries (Swedish krona, Danish and Norwegian 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 (4th declension)

	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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Lithuanian

Etymology

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

Noun

kronà f (plural krònos) stress pattern 2

1. krona (currencies of Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Sweden)

Declension

Declension of kronà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	kronà	krònos
genitive (kilmininkas)	krònos	krònų
dative (naudininkas)	krònai	krònoms
accusative (galininkas)	kròną	kronàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	kronà	krònomis
locative (vietininkas)	krònoje	krònose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	kròna	krònos

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• kronen

Noun

krona m or f

1. definite feminine singular of krone

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse krýna, from Middle Low German krōnen, from Latin corōnare (“crown”).

Verb

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

1. to crown

Derived terms

• kroning

Etymology 2

Noun

krona f

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of krone

References

• “krona” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Slovak

Etymology

From Swedish krona, from Latin corōna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrona/, /ˈkruːna/

Noun

krona f (genitive singular krony, nominative plural krony, genitive plural kron, declension pattern of žena)

1. (numismatics) krona (currency of Sweden)

Declension

Declension of krona

	singular	plural
nominative	krona	krony
genitive	krony	kron
dative	krone	kronám
accusative	kronu	krony
locative	krone	kronách
instrumental	kronou	kronami

References

• “krona”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Slovene

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin corōna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /króːna/

Noun

krọ̑na f

1. crown (headdress)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	króna
gen. sing.	króne
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	króna	króni	króne
genitive (rodȋlnik)	króne	krón	krón
dative (dajȃlnik)	króni	krónama	krónam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	króno	króni	króne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	króni	krónah	krónah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	króno	krónama	krónami

Derived terms

• krọ̑nati

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkruːˌna/

• audio:

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Noun

krona c

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
	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.

Antonyms

• (side of coin): klave

Descendants

• Estonian: kroonu
• Latvian: krona

Anagrams

• ankor, kanor, korna, orkan