krone

See also: Krone and kröne

English

Etymology

From Danish krone (“crown”) and Norwegian krone. Doublet of crown.

Noun

krone (plural kroner)

1. The currency of Iceland, Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands) and Norway, divided into 100 øre, except in Iceland where 1 króna = 100 aurar.

Synonyms

• crown

Translations

currency

• Catalan: corona (ca) f
• Danish: krone (da) c
• Faroese: króna f
• Finnish: kruunu (fi)
• French: couronne (fr) f
• Galician: coroa f
• Georgian: კრონა (ḳrona)
• German: Krone (de) f
• Greek: κορώνα (el) f (koróna)
• Greenlandic: krone, koruuni
• Icelandic: króna (is) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: krone
• Maori: korona
• Marathi: क्रोन m (krona)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: krone (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: krone f

• Portuguese: coroa (pt) f
• Russian: кро́на (ru) f (króna)
• Spanish: corona (es) f
• Swedish: krona (sv) c

Anagrams

• Nkore

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Afrikaans

Noun

krone

1. plural of kroon

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kroːnə/, [ˈkʰʁ̥oːnə]

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German krōne, from Latin corōna (“crown”).

Noun

krone c (singular definite kronen, plural indefinite kroner)

1. crown
2. top (tree top)
3. corolla
4. heads (side of coin)

Inflection

Declension of krone

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	krone	kronen	kroner	kronerne
genitive	krones	kronens	kroners	kronernes

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German krōnen, from Latin coronare (“to crown”).

Verb

krone (imperative kron, infinitive at krone, present tense kroner, past tense kronede, perfect tense er/har kronet)

1. to crown

Etymology 3

Noun

krone c (singular definite kronen, plural indefinite kroner)

1. A krone; the currency of Denmark or Norway, divided into 100 øre

Further reading

• krone on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Dutch

Verb

krone

1. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular present subjunctive of kronen

Anagrams

• koren, roken

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

krone f or m (definite singular krona or kronen, indefinite plural kroner, definite plural kronene)

1. krone (the currencies of Norway, Denmark and Iceland. Can also be used about Estonia's currency (kroon))
2. krona (currency of Sweden)
3. a crown (a royal or imperial headdress)
4. (dentistry) crown (a prosthetic covering for a tooth)
5. crown, canopy or top (of a tree)

Derived terms

Terms derived from krone (noun)

• eikekrone
• kronidiot
• kronkoloni

• kronprins
• kronprinsesse

• lysekrone
• trekrone

Verb

krone (present tense kroner, past tense krona or kronet, past participle krona or kronet)

1. to crown, or coronate (not normally used), perform a coronation

Derived terms

• kroning

References

• “krone” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “krone_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “krone_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse krúna, from Middle Low German, from Latin corona, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē), from κορωνός (korōnós, “curved”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²kruːnə/

Noun

krone f (definite singular krona, indefinite plural kroner, definite plural kronene)

1. krone (the currencies of Norway, Denmark and Iceland. Can also be used about Estonia's currency (kroon)).
2. krona (currency of Sweden)
3. crown (a royal or imperial headdress)
4. (dentistry) crown (a prosthetic covering for a tooth)
5. crown or top (of a tree)

Derived terms

Terms derived from krone (noun)

• eikekrone
• kronidiot
• kronkoloni

• kronprins
• kronprinsesse

• lysekrone
• trekrone

Etymology 2

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of krona

Derived terms

• kroning

References

• “krone” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Slovak

Etymology

From Danish krone and Norwegian krone, from Latin corōna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɔnɛ/

Noun

krone f

1. (numismatics) krona (currency of Denmark and Norway)

References

• “krone”, 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