krone

Etymology 1

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

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.

Etymology 2

noun

  1. (historical) 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.

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