Dickbein

German

Etymology

Formally from dick (“thick”) +‎ Bein (“bone, leg”). Probably an alteration by popular etymology of *Diechbein, from obsolete Diech (“thigh”) + Bein. The former from Middle High German diech, from Old High German dioh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą.

Noun

Dickbein n (genitive Dickbeines, plural Dickbeine)

  1. (regional, chiefly specialist, agriculture) the thigh of a farm animal, especially a pig
  2. (obsolete) thigh (of a person or any creature)

Declension
Declension of Dickbein
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Dickbein die Dickbeine
genitive eines des Dickbeines,
Dickbeins		 der Dickbeine
dative einem dem Dickbein,
Dickbeine1		 den Dickbeinen
accusative ein das Dickbein die Dickbeine
1Now uncommon, see notes

Synonyms
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