kroon

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɹəʊn/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊn

Noun

kroon (plural krooni or kroons)

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

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

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
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. imperative

Estonian

Etymology

From Low German krōne.

Pronunciation

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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 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 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)
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