krone
1 Americannoun
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a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Denmark, equal to 100 öre. Kr., kr.
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a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Norway, equal to 100 öre. Kr., kr.
noun
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the standard monetary unit of Denmark, the Faeroe Islands, and Greenland, divided into 100 øre
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the standard monetary unit of Norway, divided into 100 øre
noun
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a former German gold coin worth ten marks
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a former Austrian monetary unit
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of krone1
1870–75; < Danish, Norwegian < Middle Low German < Medieval Latin corōna; see króna
Origin of krone2
From German, dating back to 1870–75; see origin at krone 1
Example Sentences
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Skogmo said high U.S. prices were not a surprise, especially with the Norwegian krone weak against the dollar.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
The Norwegian krone, which benefits from higher oil prices as Norway is an oil exporter, reached a two-and-a-half-year high of 11.0917 per euro overnight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
Analysts anticipate Novo Nordisk to report earnings of 4.90 Danish krone per share on sales of 76.5 billion Danish krone.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025
The Norwegian krone is not far from its lowest levels of the year.
From Reuters ● Nov. 9, 2023
Harmony gave her an extra krone or two out of sheer gratitude, but she could not keep her.
From The Street of Seven Stars by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
After 20 years and many thousands of kronen, the heroine is flabbergasted to discover that her nephew never became a priest at all.
From Time Magazine Archive
So high-pressure were Founder Patterson's sales methods that today the U. S. market is saturated; 55% of N. C. R.'s business is done abroad where shopkeepers still toss centimes, kopeks, drachmas, kronen into tills.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Government employees in the Post and Telegraph Offices, having been refused increases in salaries and Christmas bonuses amounting to about 11,000,000,000 kronen, went on strike.
From Time Magazine Archive
That will be another three kronen, eleven kronen in all.
From Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki
Shells being expensive, that little episode cost the Emperor-King several hundred kronen, we figured.
From Italy at War and the Allies in the West by Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander)
Var Energi shares rise 4.7% to 45.66 kroner, while BlueNord shares rise 5.5% to 503 kroner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
It raises its share target price to 19 Norwegian kroner from 18 kroner and reiterates buy rating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
UBS expects Danske Bank to report clean pre-tax income of 7.9 billion Danish kroner in the second quarter, up 4% on quarter and 8% on year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Berenberg lifts its price target on the stock to 158 Norwegian kroner from 138 kroner and keeps at hold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Renwick pushed the hundred kroner note toward Selim and straightened.
From The Secret Witness by Gibbs, George
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