kroon

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

• IPA^(key): /kɹəʊn/

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• Rhymes: -əʊn

kroon (plural krooni or kroons)

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

• KR

• ronko

• IPA^(key): /krʊə̯n/

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

kroon (plural krone)

1. A crown.

From Dutch kronen, from Middle Dutch crônen.

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

1. (transitive) to crown, to award

• IPA^(key): /kroːn/

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

From Middle Dutch crône, from Old Dutch corōna, from Proto-West Germanic *korōnā, from Latin corōna. Doublet of kruin and corona.

kroon f or m (plural kronen, diminutive kroontje n)

1. crown
   1. regal headgear
   2. (metonymic) 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

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kroon

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

From Low German krōne.

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)

• “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)