Krone
noun
noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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.
- 2 The 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. historical
- 3 the basic unit of money in Denmark wordnet
- 4 the basic unit of money in Norway wordnet
Example
More examples"He handed the young peasant who was holding his horse half a krone, and then walked briskly into the castle."
Etymology
From Danish krone (“crown”) and Norwegian krone. Doublet of corona, crown, korona, koruna, krona, and króna.