Kater
German, noun/ˈkaː.tɐ/
Kater is spelled K-A-T-E-R (5 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written German, the 7,292nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kater is a German masculine noun meaning “tomcat, tom, male cat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “männliche Katze”.
What does Kater mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetomcat, tom, male cat
noun
- 1
masculinehangover
- 2
colloquialmasculineellipsis of Muskelkater (“sore muscle”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. männliche Katze
noun: 1. schlechte körperliche Verfassung nach Alkoholkonsum
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Kater
- Katers genitive
- Katze feminine
- Katern dative definite plural
- Kätzin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kater?
- /ˈkaː.tɐ/
- [ˈkaːtɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kater
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kater in German?
Kater appears 9.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).