šunka

See also: šúŋka

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schinken. First attested in the 18th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃuŋka]

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Noun

šunka f (relational adjective šunkový)

1. ham (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Declension

Declension of šunka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	šunka	šunky
genitive	šunky	šunek
dative	šunce	šunkám
accusative	šunku	šunky
vocative	šunko	šunky
locative	šunce	šunkách
instrumental	šunkou	šunkami

Derived terms

• šunčička
• šunkofleky
• válet si šunky

Further reading

• “šunka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “šunka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “šunka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schinken, adapted with the German suffix -en replaced by the feminine Serbo-Croatian suffix -a.

Noun

šȗnka f (Cyrillic spelling шу̑нка)

1. ham

Declension

Declension of šunka

	singular	plural
nominative	šȗnka	šunke
genitive	šunke	šȗnkā / šȗnkī
dative	šunki	šunkama
accusative	šunku	šunke
vocative	šunko	šunke
locative	šunki	šunkama
instrumental	šunkom	šunkama

Derived terms

• šȗnkica

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schinken (perhaps specifically from Gottscheerish šunkhn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃúːnka/

Noun

šȗnka f

1. ham (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Declension

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Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	šúnka
gen. sing.	šúnke
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	šúnka	šúnki	šúnke
genitive (rodȋlnik)	šúnke	šúnk	šúnk
dative (dajȃlnik)	šúnki	šúnkama	šúnkam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	šúnko	šúnki	šúnke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	šúnki	šúnkah	šúnkah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	šúnko	šúnkama	šúnkami

Further reading

• “šunka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026