korún

Korún is the genitive plural form of the Slovak noun koruna, the unit name for money in Slovakia. The nominative singular is koruna, and the nominative plural is koruny. In Slovak, after numerals and in certain grammatical constructions, the noun adopts the genitive plural korún, as in päťdesiat korún (fifty crowns). The form korún therefore functions grammatically rather than representing a separate currency.

Etymology and related forms: koruna derives from the concept of a crown, a cognate with other Slavic currency names such as the Czech koruna. In Czech, the corresponding currency is also called koruna, while the genitive plural is korun. The diacritic in Slovak korún distinguishes the genitive plural from the Czech form.

Historical and current usage: Slovakia used the koruna as its official currency from 1993, following the split of Czechoslovakia. The Slovak koruna had the ISO code SKK. On 1 January 2009 Slovakia adopted the euro, with the fixed conversion rate 1 euro = 30.1260 SKK, after which koruna ceased to be legal tender. Today korún appears primarily in historical contexts or when quoting prices from the period before the transition. In contemporary usage, prices are expressed in euros, while korún remains a grammatical form used in older texts or discussions of pre-2009 values.

See also: Koruna (currency), Slovak koruna, Czech koruna, euro.