krona

See also: króna, kröna, kronā, and kroņa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish krona (“crown”).

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.

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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]
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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

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

krona m, 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 kron/krona)

  1. to crown

Etymology 2

Noun

krona f

  1. singular definite of krone

References

Slovak

Etymology

From Swedish krona, from Latin corōna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrona/, /ˈkruːna/

Noun

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

  1. (numismatics) krona (currency of Sweden)

Declension

References

  • krona in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin corōna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkróːna/
  • Tonal orthography: krọ̑na

Noun

króna f (genitive króne, nominative plural króne)

  1. crown (headdress)

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkruːˌna/
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Noun

krona c

  1. crown
  2. krona The Swedish krona; Swedish currency unit. crown or occasionally krona, abbreviated to 'kr' or 'kr.'
  3. krone (Danish and Norwegian currencies)
  4. króna (currencies)
  5. heads (of a coin)
    Krona eller klave?
    Heads or tails?

Declension

Declension of krona 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative krona kronan kronor kronorna
Genitive kronas kronans kronors kronornas

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.

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