krona

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

krona (plural kronor)

1. The official currency of Sweden.

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

• Akron, Koran, Ranko

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

• IPA^(key): [krōːna]

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

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

kronà f (plural krònos) stress pattern 2

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

• kronen

krona m or f

1. definite feminine singular of krone

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

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

1. to crown

• kroning

krona f

1. definite singular of krone

• “krona” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Swedish krona, from Latin corōna.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkrona]
• IPA^(key): [ˈkruːna]

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

1. (numismatics) krona (currency of Sweden)

• krona in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Ultimately from Latin corōna.

• IPA^(key): /króːna/

krọ̑na f

1. crown (headdress)

• krọ̑nati

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkruːˌna/

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krona c

1. 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, (colloquial English) crown

   See also: 500 kronor: röding 1 000 kronor: lax, lakan, lök

4. krone (Danish and Norwegian currencies)
5. króna (currencies)
6. heads (of a coin)

   Krona eller klave? ― Heads or tails?

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

• (side of coin): klave

• → Estonian: kroonu
• → Finnish: kruunu

• krona in Svensk ordbok.

• ankor, kanor, korna, orkan