thigh

Bedeutung (Englisch)

The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
That part of the leg of vertebrates (or sometimes other animals) which corresponds to the human thigh in position or function; the tibia of a horse, the tarsus of a bird; the third leg-section of an insect.

Oberschenkel

Schenkel

schenkel

oberschenkel

Oberschenkelmuskel

upper leg

thigh bone

thigh muscle

proximal segment

bird’s foot

arm

hing leg

bunch of flowers

Frequenz

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/θaɪ/

From Middle English thigh, thegh, thiȝ, theȝhe, þigh, þyȝh, from Old English þēoh, þīoh, from Proto-West Germanic *þeuh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-. See also West Frisian tsjea, Dutch dij, Middle High German diech, Icelandic þjó; also Irish tóin (“hind, rump”), Lithuanian táukas (“fat”), Russian тук (tuk, “animal fat”).