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Schinken

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German schinke, from Old High German scinco, from Proto-West Germanic *skinkō, from Proto-Germanic *skinkô, *skinkō (shank; thigh). In the sense “tome” originally student slang (18th c.), from the use of pigskin leather to bind such books.

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).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɪŋkən/, [ˈʃɪŋkŋ̩]
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  • Hyphenation: Schin‧ken

Noun

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Schinken m (strong, 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, []
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  2. (colloquial) hams, buttocks
    Synonym: Oberschenkel
  3. (colloquial, often derogatory) old tome or painting
    Ölschinken(large) oil painting

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