krona

See also: króna, kröna, kronā, and kroņa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish krona (“crown”). Doublet of corona, crown, korona, koruna, króna, and krone.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹəʊnə/
• Rhymes: -əʊnə

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
• Georgian: კრონა (ḳrona), კრონი (ḳroni)
• German: Krone (de) f
• Icelandic: króna (is) f
• Norwegian: krone (no) m or f
• Persian: کرون (fa) (krun)
• Russian: кро́на (ru) f (króna)
• Slovak: krona f
• Swedish: krona (sv) c
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Akron, Koran, Ranko

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 (Riga):

  (file)

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• kronen

Noun

krona m or f

1. definite feminine singular of krone

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. definite singular of krone

References

• “krona” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Swedish krona, from Latin corōna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkrɔna]
• IPA^(key): [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

Slovene

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin corōna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /króːna/

Noun

krọ̑na f

1. crown (royal or imperial 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

Further reading

• “krona”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē). Doublet of korona and corona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkruːˌna/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

krona c

1. a crown (headwear)
2. (often definite) crown, state, government

   Det tillhör kronan

   It belongs to the state.

   (literally, “It belongs to the crown”)

   kronofogde

   enforcement officer

   (literally, “crown bailiff”)

3. krona (the Swedish currency unit), abbreviated to kr or kr.

   Synonyms: spänn, pix, riksdaler, :-, SEK

4. krone (Danish and Norwegian currencies)
5. króna (Icelandic and Faroese currencies)
6. a (1-)krona coin (or a (1-)krone/króna coin)

   Synonyms: enkrona, (coin in general) mynt

   Han hittade en krona i fickan

   He found a 1-krona coin in his pocket

   Han höll kronan mellan tummen och pekfingret

   He held the 1-krona coin between his thumb and index finger

7. heads (of a coin)

   Krona eller klave?

   Heads or tails?

8. Synonym of kronan (a game)

Usage notes

Krona is the Swedish spelling, with the plural kronor. Króna is the Icelandic spelling, with the plural krónur. Krone is the Danish and Norwegian spelling, with the plural kroner.

Declension

Declension of krona

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	krona	kronas
	definite	kronan	kronans
plural	indefinite	kronor	kronors
	definite	kronorna	kronornas

Antonyms

• (side of coin): klave

Derived terms

• enkrona
• tvåkrona
• femkrona
• tiokrona

Descendants

• → Estonian: kroonu
• → Finnish: kruunu

See also

• lax, lakan, lök (1000 kronor)
• röding (500 kronor)

References

• krona in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• krona in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• krona in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• ankor, kanor, korna, orkan