Katzenjammer

Meaning

1. (masculine, no-plural, strong) dejection, frustration, depression
2. (dated, masculine, no-plural, strong) hangover
3. (masculine, no-plural, obsolete, strong) caterwaul; yowling of a cat

Concepts

hangover

blues

katzenjammer

crapulousness

mood of depression

Synonyms

Kater

Schädel

💀

Hangover

Alkoholintoxikation

verkatert

in Essig und Öl liegen

Kater haben

in Katerstimmung

schwerer Kopf

Veisalgia

postalkoholisches Intoxikationssyndrom

leichte Alkoholvergiftung

dicker Schädel

Haarspitzenkatarrh

dicker Kopf

Brummschädel

Katerstimmung

Translations

gueule de bois

resaca

kater

ressaca

crapula

cruda

malessere

ayıltı

ressaca

postumi della sbornia

خُمَار اَلسُّكْر

خمار

guayabo

postumi dell’ubriachezza

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

kaater

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkatsənjamɐ/

Etymology

Katze (“cat”) + -n- + Jammer (“wailing; lamentation”). According to one source, the “hangover” sense derives from earlier Kotzen-Jammer (literally “puke-misery”).