króna

See also: krona, kronā, kröna, and kroņa

English

Etymology

From Icelandic and Faroese. Doublet of corona, crown, korona, koruna, krona, and krone.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹəʊ.nə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: (UK) -əʊnə

Noun

króna (plural krónur)

1. The currency of Iceland, divided into 100 aurar
2. The currency of the Faroe Islands, divided into 100 oyru

Translations

currency

• Basque: koroa
• Belarusian: крона (króna)
• Bulgarian: крона (krona)
• Catalan: corona (ca) f
• Czech: koruna (cs)
• Danish: krone (da) c
• Dutch: kroon (nl) f
• Esperanto: krono (eo)
• Estonian: kroon (et)
• Faroese: króna f
• Finnish: kruunu (fi)
• French: couronne (fr) f
• German: Krone (de) f
• Hungarian: korona (hu)
• Icelandic: króna (is) f
• Interlingua: corona
• Italian: corona (it) f
• Lithuanian: krona
• Maltese: korona
• Norwegian: krone (no) m or f
• Polish: korona (pl)
• Portuguese: coroa (pt) f
• Romanian: coroană (ro) f
• Russian: кро́на (ru) f (króna)
• Slovak: koruna f
• Spanish: corona (es) f
• Swedish: krona (sv) c
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: крона (krona)

Anagrams

• Akron, Koran, Ranko

Faroese

Etymology

From Danish krone, ultimately from Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”), from Proto-Indo-European *kor, *ker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɔuːna/

Noun

króna f (genitive singular krónu, plural krónur)

1. crown, króna, krona, krone, koruna, kroon; any of the so named currencies of Denmark (DKK), Iceland (ISK), Norway (NOK), Sweden (SEK) the Faroe Islands (DKK)/(FOK), the Czech Republic (CZK), Slovakia (SKK) and Estonia (EEK)
2. crown

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	króna	krónan	krónur	krónurnar
accusative	krónu	krónuna	krónur	krónurnar
dative	krónu	krónuni	krónum	krónunum
genitive	krónu	krónunnar	króna	krónanna

Synonyms

• (crown): krúna, kongskrúna

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish krone, ultimately from Latin corōna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰrouna/, [ˈkʰrouːna]
• Rhymes: -ouːna

Noun

króna f (genitive singular krónu, nominative plural krónur)

1. (numismatics) crown, króna, krona, krone, koruna, kroon; any of the so named currencies of Denmark (DKK), Iceland (ISK), Norway (NOK), Sweden (SEK) the Faroe Islands (DKK), the Czech Republic (CZK), Slovakia (SKK) and Estonia (EEK)
2. (forestry) crown (top of a tree)
3. (dentistry) crown (part of a tooth above the gum)

Declension

Declension of króna (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	króna	krónan	krónur	krónurnar
accusative	krónu	krónuna	krónur	krónurnar
dative	krónu	krónunni	krónum	krónunum
genitive	krónu	krónunnar	króna	krónanna

Related terms

• kóróna
• krúna

See also

• þúsundkall

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Icelandic króna and Faroese króna, from Latin corōna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkroːna]

Noun

króna f

1. (numismatics) króna (currency of Iceland and the Faroe Islands)

Declension

Declension of króna (pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	króna	króny
genitive	króny	krón
dative	króne	krónam
accusative	krónu	króny
locative	króne	krónach
instrumental	krónou	krónami

Further reading

• “króna”, 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, 2003–2024