See also: Krone and kröne

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From Danish krone (crown) and Norwegian krone. Doublet of corona, crown, koruna, and krona.

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krone (plural kroner)

 
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  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
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krone (plural kronen)

 
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  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.

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krone

  1. plural of kroon

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

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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)
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  • Faroese: króna
  • Icelandic: króna

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

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

  1. to crown
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krone

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

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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)

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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

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

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From Old Norse krúna, from Middle Low German krōne, from Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē), from κορωνός (korōnós, curved).

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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)

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

  1. to crown
    Synonym: kryne

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

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krone f

  1. (numismatics) krona (numismatics of Denmark and Norway)

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  • 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