Schinken

German

Etymology

From Middle High German schinke, from Old High German scinco, from Proto-Germanic *skinkô, *skenkô (“shank; thigh”). Related to German Low German Schinken (also: skinken, sschinken (Westphalian; linguistic spelling; accusative)) Middle Dutch schenke (“shin, hough, ham”), Middle English schench (“thigh; leg”), dialectal English skink (“a shin of beef”), also English shank (“lower part of the leg”) .

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Noun

Schinken m (genitive Schinkens, plural Schinken)

  1. ham, pork from the hindquarter
    • 1803, Neues Kochbuch für bürgerliche Haushaltungen, oder Anweisung zur Zubereitung einer gesunden und schmackhaften Hausmannskost, [...], Coburg, page 62:
      Einen Schinken gut zu backen. [...] wällt ihn nach der Form des Schinken aus, [...] Wenn der der Schinken abgetrocknet ist, [...]
  2. (slang) hams, buttocks

Declension
Declension of Schinken
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Schinken die Schinken
genitive eines des Schinkens der Schinken
dative einem dem Schinken den Schinken
accusative einen den Schinken die Schinken

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