skinka

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German schinke, from Middle Low German schinke, from Old Saxon skinka, from Proto-West Germanic *skinkō. Cognate with Swedish skinka.

In relation to the tanning sense, compare Japanese ガングロ (ganguro, literally “black face”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsciŋ̊ka/

  Rhymes: -iŋ̊ka

Noun

skinka f (genitive singular skinku, nominative plural skinkur)

1. (countable or uncountable) ham (a cured leg of a swine, or other similar cured pork)
2. (slang) a Caucasian girl that has an abnormal amount of tan resulting from sunbathing or the use of tanning beds

Declension

Declension of skinka (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skinka	skinkan	skinkur	skinkurnar
accusative	skinku	skinkuna	skinkur	skinkurnar
dative	skinku	skinkunni	skinkum	skinkunum
genitive	skinku	skinkunnar	skinka	skinkanna

See also

• hnakki

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• skinken

Noun

skinka m or f

1. definite feminine singular of skinke

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

skinka f

1. definite singular of skinke

Swedish

skinka (sense 1)

skinkor [buttocks] (sense 2)

Etymology

From Low German schinke, from Middle Low German schinke, from Old Saxon skinka, from Proto-West Germanic *skinkō. Cognate with English skink and Icelandic skinka.

Pronunciation

• (Sweden) IPA^(key): /²xɪŋˌka/, /²ʂɪŋˌka/
• (Finland) IPA^(key): /ˈʃiŋkɑ/

• Audio; “en skinka” /²ɛn ˈxʷɪŋˌka/:

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Noun

skinka c

2. ham

   Jag äter smörgåsar med skinka som pålägg

   I eat sandwiches with ham as a topping

   en skinkmacka

   a ham sandwich

   julskinka

   Christmas ham

4. a buttock

   Min vänstra skinka gör ont

   My left buttock hurts

Declension

Declension of skinka

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	skinka	skinkas
	definite	skinkan	skinkans
plural	indefinite	skinkor	skinkors
	definite	skinkorna	skinkornas

Derived terms

• julskinka (“Christmas ham”)
• parmaskinka (“Parma ham”)
• pizzaskinka
• skinkschnitzel

See also

• fläsk (“pork”)

References

• skinka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skinka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skinka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)