krone

See also: Krone and kröne

English

Etymology 1

From Danish krone (“crown”) and Norwegian krone. Doublet of corona, crown, korona, koruna, krona, and króna.

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.

   Synonym: crown

Translations

currency

• Catalan: corona (ca) f
• Danish: krone (da) c
• Faroese: króna f
• Finnish: kruunu (fi)
• French: couronne (fr) f
• Galician: coroa (gl) f
• Georgian: კრონა (ḳrona)
• German: Krone (de) f
• Greek: κορώνα (el) f (koróna)
• Greenlandic: krone, koruuni
• Icelandic: króna (is) f
• Malay: krone
• Maori: korona
• Marathi: क्रोनं (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
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

Noun

krone (plural kronen)

1. (historical) The currency of German-Austria and Liechtenstein after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1919) until the introduction of the Austrian schilling and, in Liechtenstein, the Swiss franc.

Anagrams

• Ekron, Nkore

Afrikaans

Noun

krone

1. plural of kroon

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰʁ̥oːnə]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

krone c (singular definite kronen, plural indefinite kroner)

1. crown (a royal or imperial headdress, and in a wider sense: the royal or imperial power)
2. krone, crown (the currency of Denmark, Norway or Sweden, divided into 100 øre)
3. heads (side of coin)
4. (botany) top (tree top)
5. (botany) corolla
6. (anatomy) crown (of a tooth)

Inflection

Declension of krone

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

Descendants

• → Faroese: króna
• → Icelandic: króna

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German krōnen, from Latin corōnāre (“to crown”). Compare also German krönen.

Verb

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

1. to crown

Inflection

Conjugation of krone

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	krone	krones
Present tense	kroner	krones
Past tense	kronede	kronedes
Imperative	kron	-
Participle
Present	kronende
Past	kronet
Gerund	kronen

Derived terms

• kroning

Further reading

• krone on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Verb

krone

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of kronen

Anagrams

• koren, roken

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

1. krone (the currency 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, canopy or top (of a tree)

Derived terms

• bikrone
• blomsterkrone
• borekrone
• borkrone
• dronningkrone
• eikekrone
• enkrone
• femkrone
• gullkrone
• keiserkrone
• kongekrone
• kronblad
• kronekurs
• kronemynt
• kronerulling
• kronestykke
• kronidiot
• kronkoloni
• kronprins
• kronprinsesse
• lysekrone
• tannkrone
• tikrone
• tjuekrone
• tornekrone
• 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).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• krona (verb, a-infinitive)
• (noun): krona (non-standard since 2012)
  • (heads of a coin): kron

Etymology

From Old Norse krúna, from Middle Low German krōne, from Latin corōna, 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. crown (a royal or imperial headdress)
2. (metonymically) the sovereign as a head of state
3. (numismatics) a coin of such a currency
4. (numismatics) a currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress), or more specifically:
   1. krone (the currencies of Norway, Denmark and Iceland);
   2. krona (currency of Sweden);
   3. the Estonian kroon;
   4. (historical) such currencies used within the Austro-Hungarian Empire or her successor states.
5. heads (side of coin)

   Antonym: mynt

6. (dentistry) crown (prosthetic covering for a tooth)
7. crown or top (of a tree)

Derived terms

• bikrone
• blomekrone
• blomsterkrone
• borekrone
• borkrone
• dronningkrone
• eikekrone
• einkrone
• femkrone
• furekrone
• furukrone
• gullkrone
• keisarkrone
• klungerkrone
• kongekrone
• kronblad
• kronekurs
• kronemynt
• kronerulling
• kronestykke
• kronidiot
• kronkoloni
• kronprins
• kronprinsesse
• livsens krone
• ljosekrone
• lysekrone
• tannkrone
• tikrone
• tjuekrone
• tornekrone
• trekrone

 

Related terms

• korona

Verb

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

1. to crown

   Synonym: kryne

Derived terms

• kroning f (“coronation”)

References

• “krone” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• enkor, koner, korne, nokre, orken, roken, rokne, ronke, ròken

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Danish krone and Norwegian krone, from Latin corōna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɔnɛ/

Noun

krone f

1. (numismatics) krona (numismatics 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, 2003–2024