kronan

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Kronan

Etymology

Literally, "the coin."

Proper noun

kronan c (genitive kronans)

1. a game in which a coin is set spinning on its edge, with each player in turn then having to keep the coin spinning by flicking it (as well as keep it from going off the edge of the table or other playing surface); the loser of a round places his or her knuckles against the playing surface, and another player then flicks the coin against their knuckles, often resulting in bloodshed

   Synonyms: blodknoge, blodkrona, blodpeng, krona

   • 2008 June 11, Flashback (forum), Spela Krona - kommer någon ihåg?:

     Det var populärt i min skola att spela krona [synonym] i slutet av 90-talet då jag gick på mellanstadiet. Minns att det gjorde förbannat ont att bli skjuten men som tur var så var det sällan man förlorade. Till slut förbjöd lärarna skiten för alla gick omkring med trasiga knogar.

     It was popular at my school to play coin [synonym] in the late 90s when I was in middle school. [I] remember it hurting like hell to get shot but luckily I rarely lost ["it was rare that one (I) lost"]. Eventually, the teachers banned the crap because everyone was walking around with busted ["broken," but not in the broken bone sense] knuckles.

   • [2008 June 15, Flashback (forum), Spela Krona - kommer någon ihåg?:

     [Jag] Minns [att] några brukade köra det [kronan] i mellanstadiet, typ åren 94-95. Man fick bara dra sig ur spelet när man kunde skriva sitt namn i blod... Lärarna förbjöd sedan spelet.

     [I] remember [that] some people used to play it [kronan] in middle school, 94-95 ish. You were only allowed to withdraw from the game when you could write your name in blood... The teachers then banned the game.]

   • 2010 December 19, Flashback (forum), Spela Krona - kommer någon ihåg?:

     Kronan, vilka minnen det väcker.
     Alla spelade det på högstadiet och jag som skulle vara lite tuffare en [än] alla andra drog ihop ett gäng som körde "dollar", det var samma sak som kronan bara det att det var ett slipat dollarmynt vi spelade med.
     Det ledde till många otrevliga skador, själv fick jag en otäck infektion i knogarna och det var inte kul.

     The coin, what memories it brings back.
     Everyone played it in junior high [grades 7-9] and I, who wanted to be a bit tougher than everyone else, pulled together a group that played "dollar", it was the same thing as the coin only it was a sharpened dollar coin we were playing with.
     It lead to many unpleasant injuries, I myself got a nasty infection in my knuckles and that was not fun.

   • [2010 December 21, Flashback (forum), Spela Krona - kommer någon ihåg?:

     Vi lyckades med att få det [kronan] förbjudet när vi gick i mellanstadiet tror jag det var... Vi vässade kanten på en 5a, och gjorde små jack i den för maximal skada! Sen skar nästan en snubbe av en sena tror jag det var, och det obligatoriska brevet hem till alla föräldrar var ett faktum.

     We managed to get it [kronan] banned when we were in middle school I think it was... We sharpened the edge of a 5 kronor coin, and made little notches in it for maximum damage! Then a guy almost cut off a tendon I think it was, and the obligatory letter home to all parents was a fact/reality.]

   • 2011 March 26, Flashback (forum), Spela Krona - kommer någon ihåg?:

     Kronan hette det här uppe, vi killar som var tuffa och gangstriga hade alla ärr på knogarna, med fördel spelade vi detta med vässade mynt som på slöjden omsorgsfullt hade preparerats till vassa jävla ninjavapen.

     It was called kronan up here, us guys who were tough and gangstery [sic] all had scars on our knuckles, preferably ["with advantage"] we played it with sharpened coins that had been carefully prepared during shop class into sharp goddamn ninja weapons.

   • 2018 October 30, Reddit (forum), Mandomsprov i skolan:

     Hette blodkrona [synonym] hos oss, blev tillslut förbjudet för [att det] var blod på alla bord och bänkar i skolan.

     It was called blood coin here [synonym – "Was called blood coin at ours'"], was eventually banned because there was blood on all the tables and benches in school.

Usage notes

Long widespread in Swedish elementary and high schools, though frequently banned.

See also

• bögtest

Noun

kronan

1. definite singular of krona

Anagrams

• kannor