kroon

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kroon (plural krooni or kroons)

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

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Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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kroon (plural krone)

  1. A crown.

Etymology 2

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From Dutch kronen, from Middle Dutch crônen.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to crown, to award

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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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
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: kroon
  • Indonesian: kerun
  • Negerhollands: kroon

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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kroon

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

Estonian

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Etymology

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From Low German krōne.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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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

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  • 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)