krona

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See also: króna, kröna, kronā, and kroņa

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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krona (plural kronor)

  1. The official currency of Sweden.

Usage notes

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

Translations

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Anagrams

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Latvian

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Piecas kronas (1875)

Etymology

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A borrowing from the respective Scandianavian languages: Swedish krona, Danish krone, Icelandic króna, Faroese króna, all ultimately from Latin corōna (“crown”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [krōːna]
  • Audio (Riga):(file)

Noun

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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

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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

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Etymology

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A borrowing from the respective Scandianavian languages: Swedish krona, Danish krone, Icelandic króna, Faroese króna, all ultimately from Latin corōna (“crown”).

Noun

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kronà f (plural krònos) stress pattern 2

  1. krona (currencies of Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Sweden)

Declension

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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

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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krona m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of krone

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse krýna, from Middle Low German krōnen, from Latin corōnare (“crown”).

Verb

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

  1. to crown
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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krona f

  1. definite singular of krone

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Slovak

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Etymology

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Derived from Swedish krona, from Latin corōna.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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krona f (genitive singular krony, nominative plural krony, genitive plural kron, declension pattern of žena)

  1. (numismatics) krona (currency of Sweden)

Declension

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Declension of krona
singular plural
nominative krona krony
genitive krony kron
dative krone kronám
accusative kronu krony
locative krone kronách
instrumental kronou kronami

References

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  • “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

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin corōna.

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Noun

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krọ̑na f

  1. crown (royal or imperial headdress)

Inflection

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 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

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Further reading

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

Swedish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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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

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

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Estonian: kroonu
  • → Finnish: kruunu

See also

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References

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Anagrams

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