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):(file)
  • 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

Anagrams

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

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

See also

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)
singularplural
nominativekrónakróny
genitivekrónykrón
dativekrónekrónam
accusativekrónukróny
locativekrónekrónach
instrumentalkrónoukrónami

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, 2003–2025