krone

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UK/ˈkɹəʊnə/US/ˈkɹoʊnə/

noun

The currency of Iceland, Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands) and Norway, divided into 100 øre, except in Iceland where 1 króna = 100 aurar.

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crownNorwegian kroneDanish krone
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Meanings

krone1

nounkrone (plural kroner)

plural kroner

  1. The currency of Iceland, Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands) and Norway, divided into 100 øre, except in Iceland where 1 króna = 100 aurar.

    Synonyms: crown

krone2

nounkrone (plural kronen)

plural kronen

  1. historicalThe currency of German-Austria and Liechtenstein after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1919) until the introduction of the Austrian schilling and, in Liechtenstein, the Swiss franc.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe currency of Iceland, Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands) and Norway, divided into 100 øre, except in Iceland where 1 króna = 100 aurar.

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crown

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe basic unit of money in Norway

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Norwegian krone
Broader
Norwegian monetary unit

nounthe basic unit of money in Denmark

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Danish krone
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Danish monetary unit

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Danishkrone“crown”
  2. Englishkrone

From Danish krone (“crown”) and Norwegian krone. Doublet of corona, crown, korona, koruna, krona, and króna.

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Translations

Bulgarian кро́на
  • кро́на (króna)currency
Catalan corona
  • coronacurrency
Chinese Mandarin 克朗
  • 克朗 (kèlǎng)currency
Danish krone
  • kronecurrency
Finnish kruunu
  • kruunucurrency
French couronne
  • couronnecurrency
German Krone
  • Kronecurrency
Greek κορώνα
  • κορώνα (koróna)currency
Icelandic króna
  • krónacurrency
Malay krone
  • kronecurrency
Māori korona
  • koronacurrency
Norwegian Bokmål krone
  • kronecurrency
Portuguese coroa
  • coroacurrency
Russian кро́на
  • кро́на (króna)currency
Spanish corona
  • coronacurrency
Swedish krona
  • kronacurrency
Turkish kron
  • kroncurrency

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

krone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/krone

MLA

“krone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/krone. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “krone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/krone.

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