Schinken

Meaning

1. (masculine, strong) ham, pork from the hindquarter
2. (colloquial, masculine, strong) hams, buttocks
3. (colloquial, derogatory, masculine, often, strong) old tome or painting

Concepts

ham

hams

prosciutto

tome

ground round

Ham

panini

daub

Synonyms

Arsch

Band

Buch

📖

Gesäß

Hinterteil

Lektüre

Po

Popo

Schwarte

Steiß

Titel

Walzer

Wälzer

Hintern

Allerwertester

Pobacken

vier Buchstaben

Sitzfleisch

Podex

Pöter

Schmöker

📖

Bd.

Fleisch der Hinterkeule

Fott

hintere Ende

Funkamateur

Hinterbacken

Bein

Glutalregion

Gerümpel

Füdli

Hinterbacke

Klopper

Kehrseite

Keule

Kiste

Prsut

Pršut

Schinke

Schinke

Prosciutto

Nates

Fudi

Futt

verlängerter Rücken

Monumentalwerk

dickes Buch

Translations

jambon

jamón

ham

jambon

hesp

pernil

Ham

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

hamme

Basel-Landschaft

schungge

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃɪŋkən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: schinke

Inherited from Old High German: scinco

Cognate with Middle Dutch: schenke

Cognate with Middle English: schench

Cognate with English: skink

Cognate with English: shank

In summary

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”).