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

kroon (plural krooni or kroons)

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

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

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

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.

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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 of kroon (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative kroon kroonid
accusative nom.
gen. krooni
genitive kroonide
partitive krooni kroonekroonisid
illative kroonikroonisse kroonidessekroonesse
inessive kroonis kroonideskroones
elative kroonist kroonidestkroonest
allative kroonile kroonidelekroonele
adessive kroonil kroonidelkroonel
ablative kroonilt kroonideltkroonelt
translative krooniks kroonidekskrooneks
terminative kroonini kroonideni
essive kroonina kroonidena
abessive kroonita kroonideta
comitative krooniga kroonidega