Past tense of crown
regular verb
The past tense of crown is crowned. The past participle is also crowned.
Forms of crown
| Base form (V1) | crown /kɹaʊ̯n/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | crowned /kɹaʊnd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | crowned /kɹaʊnd/ |
| Present participle | crowning /ˈkɹaʊnɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | crowns /kɹaʊnz/ |
Crowned in a sentence
- New Zealand were crowned world champions for the first time in 24 years after squeezing past an inspired France team by a single point.2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport
- The mother was in the second stage of labor and the fetus had just crowned, prompting a round of encouragement from the midwives.
- With all of these steps, you are guaranteed to be crowned "rizzler."2023 February 10, Isabella Wagner, “Cupid's unfiltered methods of love confession”, in Redwood Bark, volume 65, number 4, page 14. From the entry rizzler
- Finally, the newly crowned monarch received the homage of his leading subjects.2021, Tracy Borman, Crown and Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II, Grove Atlantic…. From the entry insignia
- Nestled within was a shriveled forearm, crowned with a withery brown hand.2014, Hugo Valentin Negron, Forging of a Knight: Prison Planet of the Mah-Lahkt, page 335. From the entry withery
Meaning of crown
- noun A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
- noun A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
- noun Any reward of victory or mark of honor.
Questions about the past tense of crown
- What is the past tense of crown?
- The past tense of crown is crowned.
- What is the past participle of crown?
- The past participle of crown is crowned.
- Is crown a regular or irregular verb?
- Crown is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: crown (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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