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”) .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪŋkən/

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• Hyphenation: Schin‧ken

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, [...]

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2. (slang) hams, buttocks

Descendants

Descendants

• → Czech: šunka
• → Hungarian: sonka
• → Latvian: šķiņķis
• → Polish: szynka
• → Romanian: șuncă
• → Serbo-Croatian: šȗnka/шу̑нка
• → Slovene: šȗnka

Further reading

• “Schinken” in Duden online