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krone

krone

6.7
Money used in Denmark that equals 100 øre
  • noun
  • /ˈkroʊnə/
translation icon : coroa danesa
  • A meal at a nice restaurant in Denmark can easily cost over 500 krone.
  • Danish krone

Examples

  • Yes, it, along with Stockholm, were the most expensive cities on my Europe tour, but worth every Danish krone!

    Blog text (24)

  • Whereas the ECB was able to cut interest rates and flood distressed financial markets with liquidity, the National Bank of Denmark had to raise interest rates to defend the krone, which had fallen as a result of deleveraging by foreign investors.

    Academic text (2009)

  • The boy's fingers trembled as he slipped the tiny almond-flavored rodent into his short pants and sidled toward the door as the man extracted a crisp new hundred krone note from his kidskin wallet.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • When visiting Copenhagen, I exchanged my dollars for Danish krone to pay for my meals.

  • The price of this souvenir is 250 krone, which is about 35 dollars.

Synonyms

Danish krone
vskrone
3.3

The official money used in Denmark

is the basic term for the same currency unit

Compounds

Danish krone
3.3

The official money used in Denmark

Norwegian krone
3.5

The money used in Norway, divided into 100 øre

Surface Forms

krone singular
krones plural

Etymology

Krone comes from an old word meaning 'crown', just like the English word crown. Since crowns were shown on coins and tied to the ruler, the word became a name for the country's money, so krone is now the name of Denmark's currency.