"Katzenjammer" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkatsənjamɐ/ Audio: De-Katzenjammer.ogg Forms: Katzenjammers [genitive], masculine strong [table-tags], Katzenjammer [nominative, singular], Katzenjammers [genitive, singular], Katzenjammer [dative, singular], Katzenjammer [accusative, singular]
Rhymes: -amɐ Etymology: Katze (“cat”) + -n- + Jammer (“wailing; lamentation”). According to one source, the “hangover” sense derives from earlier Kotzen-Jammer (literally “puke-misery”). Etymology templates: {{af|de|Katze|-n-|Jammer|gloss1=cat|gloss3=wailing; lamentation}} Katze (“cat”) + -n- + Jammer (“wailing; lamentation”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m.sg}} Katzenjammer m (strong, genitive Katzenjammers, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m.sg}}
  1. dejection, frustration, depression Tags: masculine, no-plural, strong
    Sense id: en-Katzenjammer-de-noun--QGofQIv
  2. (dated) hangover Tags: dated, masculine, no-plural, strong Synonyms: Kater
    Sense id: en-Katzenjammer-de-noun-j9vnUWrc
  3. (obsolete) caterwaul; yowling of a cat Tags: masculine, no-plural, obsolete, strong Synonyms: Katzenmusik, Katzengesang, Katzengeheul, Katzenkonzert, Katerkonzert
    Sense id: en-Katzenjammer-de-noun-XiZ4GMlM Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms interfixed with -n- Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 21 17 62 Disambiguation of German terms interfixed with -n-: 14 16 70
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      ]
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      "form": "Katzenjammer",
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        {
          "english": "One of the most wondrous states of man, a phenomenon for physiology and pathology, a riddle for oenologists and naturalists, is the hangover, also called the ‘tomcat’. No language is rich enough to describe it; one must have felt it to find it indescribable and incomprehensible. The hangover is a halfway house between health and sickness, between hunger and surfeit, between drunkenness and sobriety.",
          "ref": "1865, Die Plauderstube: eine Sonntagsausgabe zur Erheiterung für Stadt und Land, page 96:",
          "text": "Einer der wunderbarsten Zustände des Menschen, ein Phänomen für Physiologie und Pathologie, ein Räthsel für den Wein- und Naturforscher, ist der Katzenjammer, auch Kater genannt. Keine Sprache ist reich genug, ihn zu beschreiben, man muß ihn empfunden haben, um ihn unbeschreiblich und unbegreiflich zu finden. Katzenjammer ist ein Mittelding zwischen Gesundheit und Krankheit, zwischen Hunger und Uebersättigung, zwischen Trunkenheit und Nüchternheit.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      "id": "en-Katzenjammer-de-noun-j9vnUWrc",
      "links": [
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        "(dated) hangover"
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          "word": "Kater"
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "caterwaul; yowling of a cat"
      ],
      "id": "en-Katzenjammer-de-noun-XiZ4GMlM",
      "links": [
        [
          "caterwaul",
          "caterwaul"
        ],
        [
          "yowl",
          "yowl"
        ],
        [
          "cat",
          "cat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) caterwaul; yowling of a cat"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Katzenmusik"
        },
        {
          "word": "Katzengesang"
        },
        {
          "word": "Katzengeheul"
        },
        {
          "word": "Katzenkonzert"
        },
        {
          "word": "Katerkonzert"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "no-plural",
        "obsolete",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈkatsənjamɐ/"
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    },
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    }
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}
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    "German nouns",
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    "German uncountable nouns",
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:German/amɐ",
    "Rhymes:German/amɐ/4 syllables"
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      "text": "→ English: katzenjammer"
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    }
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Katze (“cat”) + -n- + Jammer (“wailing; lamentation”). According to one source, the “hangover” sense derives from earlier Kotzen-Jammer (literally “puke-misery”).",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine strong",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "form": "Katzenjammer",
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "form": "Katzenjammer",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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      "form": "Katzenjammer",
      "source": "declension",
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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          "dejection",
          "dejection"
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          "frustration",
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          "depression"
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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          "ref": "1865, Die Plauderstube: eine Sonntagsausgabe zur Erheiterung für Stadt und Land, page 96:",
          "text": "Einer der wunderbarsten Zustände des Menschen, ein Phänomen für Physiologie und Pathologie, ein Räthsel für den Wein- und Naturforscher, ist der Katzenjammer, auch Kater genannt. Keine Sprache ist reich genug, ihn zu beschreiben, man muß ihn empfunden haben, um ihn unbeschreiblich und unbegreiflich zu finden. Katzenjammer ist ein Mittelding zwischen Gesundheit und Krankheit, zwischen Hunger und Uebersättigung, zwischen Trunkenheit und Nüchternheit.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hangover"
      ],
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          "hangover",
          "hangover"
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        "(dated) hangover"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Kater"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "caterwaul; yowling of a cat"
      ],
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        [
          "caterwaul",
          "caterwaul"
        ],
        [
          "yowl",
          "yowl"
        ],
        [
          "cat",
          "cat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) caterwaul; yowling of a cat"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Katzenmusik"
        },
        {
          "word": "Katzengesang"
        },
        {
          "word": "Katzengeheul"
        },
        {
          "word": "Katzenkonzert"
        },
        {
          "word": "Katerkonzert"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
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        "obsolete",
        "strong"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkatsənjamɐ/"
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-amɐ"
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}

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