skinka

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsciŋ̊ka/

  Rhymes: -iŋ̊ka

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

• hnakki

• skinken

skinka m or f

1. definite feminine singular of skinke

skinka f

1. definite singular of skinke

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.

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

• Audio; “en skinka” /²ɛn ˈxʷɪŋˌka/:

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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

• fläsk (“pork”)

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