kroon

See also: Kroon

English

Etymology

From Estonian kroon (“crown”). Doublet of crown and corona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹəʊn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊn

Noun

kroon (plural krooni or kroons)

1. The former currency of Estonia, divided into 100 senti.

Synonyms

• KR

Translations

currency of Estonia

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愛沙尼亞克朗／爱沙尼亚克朗 (zh) (Àishāníyà kèlǎng)

• Estonian: kroon (et)
• Finnish: kruunu (fi), krooni
• Russian: кро́на (ru) f (króna)

Anagrams

• ronko

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krʊə̯n/

Etymology 1

From Dutch kroon, from Middle Dutch crône, from Old Dutch corōna, from Latin corōna.

Noun

kroon (plural krone)

1. A crown.

Etymology 2

From Dutch kronen, from Middle Dutch crônen.

Verb

kroon (present kroon, present participle kronende, past participle gekroon)

1. (transitive) to crown, to award

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kroːn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: kroon
• Rhymes: -oːn
• Homophone: Kroon

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch crône, from Old Dutch corōna, from Latin corōna. Doublet of kruin and corona.

Noun

kroon f (plural kronen, diminutive kroontje n)

1. crown
   1. regal headgear
   2. (metonymically) royal power
   3. part of a tooth not covered by gum
   4. (dentistry) tooth prosthesis
   5. (botany) top of a growth
   6. any of various currencies, including the Danish krone, Estonian kroon, Swedish krona
2. (botany) calyx (group of sepals)
3. (dated) chandelier with more than two arms

Derived terms

• de kroon spannen
• keizerskroon
• kronen
• kroonblad
• kroondomein
• krooneend
• kroonkruid
• kroonluchter
• kroontjeskruid
• kroontjespen
• lichtkroon
• ontkronen
• sneeuwkroon
• tandkroon

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kroon
• → Indonesian: kerun
• Negerhollands: kroon

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kroon

1. inflection of kronen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Estonian

Etymology

From Low German krōne.

Noun

kroon (genitive krooni, partitive krooni)

1. crown (headgear)
2. crown (any of various currencies, including the Danish krone, Estonian kroon, Swedish krona)
3. crown (tooth covering)

Declension

Declension of kroon (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kroon	kroonid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	krooni
genitive			kroonide
partitive		krooni	kroone kroonisid
illative		krooni kroonisse	kroonidesse kroonesse
inessive		kroonis	kroonides kroones
elative		kroonist	kroonidest kroonest
allative		kroonile	kroonidele kroonele
adessive		kroonil	kroonidel kroonel
ablative		kroonilt	kroonidelt kroonelt
translative		krooniks	kroonideks krooneks
terminative		kroonini	kroonideni
essive		kroonina	kroonidena
abessive		kroonita	kroonideta
comitative		krooniga	kroonidega

Further reading

• “kroon”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “kroon”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “kroon”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• kroon in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)