krone
English
Etymology 1
From Danish krone (“crown”) and Norwegian krone. Doublet of corona, crown, koruna, and krona.
Noun
krone (plural kroner)
Translations
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Noun
krone (plural kronen)
- (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.
Afrikaans
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkʰʁ̥oːnə]
Inflection
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)
- to crown
Inflection
Derived terms
Further reading
- krone on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
krone f or m (definite singular krona or kronen, indefinite plural kroner, definite plural kronene)
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)
- to crown, or coronate (not normally used), perform a coronation
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
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)
- crown (a royal or imperial headdress)
- (metonymically) the sovereign as a head of state
- (numismatics) a coin of such a currency
- (numismatics) a currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress), or more specifically:
- krone (the currencies of Norway, Denmark and Iceland);
- krona (currency of Sweden);
- the Estonian kroon;
- (historical) such currencies used within the Austro-Hungarian Empire or her successor states.
- heads (side of coin)
- Antonym: mynt
- (dentistry) crown (prosthetic covering for a tooth)
- 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
Verb
krone (present tense kronar, past tense krona, past participle krona, passive infinitive kronast, present participle kronande, imperative krone/kron)
- to crown
- Synonym: kryne
Derived terms
- kroning f (“coronation”)
References
- “krone” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkrɔnɛ/
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