Is it der, die or das Schinken?

DER

Schinken

The correct article in German of Schinken is der. So it is der Schinken! (nominative case)

The word Schinken is masculine, therefore the correct article is der.

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German declension of Schinken?

How does the declension of Schinken work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:

1	Singular	Plural
Nominative	der Schinken	die Schinken
Genitive	des Schinkens	der Schinken
Dative	dem Schinken	den Schinken
Akkusative	den Schinken	die Schinken

What is the meaning of Schinken in German?

Schinken has various definitions in German:

[1] Gastronomy: Meat of the thighs of slaughter cattle mostly in the narrower sense of pigs

[1] Gastronomie: Fleisch der Schenkel von Schlachtvieh meist im engeren Sinne von Schweinen

[2] colloquially: thighs and halves of the buttocks

[2] umgangssprachlich: Oberschenkel und Gesäßhälften

[3] colloquially, joking or pejorative:

[3] umgangssprachlich, scherzhaft oder abwertend:

[a] heavy or large book

[a] schweres oder großes Buch

[b] A painting perceived as inferior or great painting

[b] ein als minderwertig empfundenes oder auch großes Gemälde

How to use Schinken in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Schinken with translations in English.

[1] Ich esse meinen Schinken nicht, nein, meinen Schinken ess' ich nicht.

[1] I don't eat my ham, no, I don't eat my ham

[1] „Auf einem breiten Tisch zeigen gewaltige Schinken ihr reiches Inneres, da sind Platten mit gebratenen Fischen, Pilze, der Schmuck der Früchte.“

[1] "On a wide table, huge ham show their rich inner, there are plates with fried fish, mushrooms, the jewelry of the fruit" "

[1] „Er bot dafür einen großen Schinken.“

[1] "He offered a big ham" for this "

[1] „Ein Abendessen aus Schinken, Kartoffeln und Whisky war auf einer der reichvergoldeten Konsolen vorbereitet worden.“

[1] "A dinner of ham, potatoes and whiskey had been prepared on one of the richly gold -plated consoles"

[2] Der hat ja einen Schinken; er müsste mal fasten.

[2] He has a ham area he would have to fast

[3a] Diesen Schinken würde ich nicht lesen.

[3a] I wouldn't read this ham

[3b] Hast du den Schinken vom Flohmarkt geholt?

[3b] Did you get the ham from the flea market