Middle Dutch edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Dutch *krōnen, presumably from Proto-Germanic *kraunijaną.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkroːnən/, /ˈkrøːnən/

Verb edit

crônen

  1. to groan, to moan
    • Een goed knecht, die van sinen here berispt is, ..., en is niet murmurende noch cronende.
      A good servant who has been rebuked by his lord,...., is grumbling nor groaning.
Inflection edit
Weak
Infinitive crônen
3rd sg. past
3rd pl. past
Past participle
Infinitive crônen
In genitive crônens
In dative crônene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular crône
2nd singular crôons, crônes
3rd singular crôont, crônet
1st plural crônen
2nd plural crôont, crônet
3rd plural crônen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular crône
2nd singular crôons, crônes
3rd singular crône
1st plural crônen
2nd plural crôont, crônet
3rd plural crônen
Imperative Present
Singular crôon, crône
Plural crôont, crônet
Present Past
Participle crônende
Derived terms edit
  • Dutch: kreunen
  • → Middle English: cronen

Etymology 2 edit

From crône +‎ -en.

Verb edit

crônen

  1. (transitive) to crown, to top, to put a crown/wreath on
  2. (transitive) to coronate
Inflection edit
Weak
Infinitive crônen
3rd sg. past
3rd pl. past
Past participle
Infinitive crônen
In genitive crônens
In dative crônene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular crône
2nd singular crôons, crônes
3rd singular crôont, crônet
1st plural crônen
2nd plural crôont, crônet
3rd plural crônen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular crône
2nd singular crôons, crônes
3rd singular crône
1st plural crônen
2nd plural crôont, crônet
3rd plural crônen
Imperative Present
Singular crôon, crône
Plural crôont, crônet
Present Past
Participle crônende
Descendants edit

Further reading edit