Katzenjammer
German, noun/ˈkatsənjamɐ/
Katzenjammer is spelled K-A-T-Z-E-N-J-A-M-M-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 78,979th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Katzenjammer is a German masculine noun meaning “dejection, frustration, depression” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unangenehme körperliche Symptome nach einem Rausch”.
What does Katzenjammer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedejection, frustration, depression
- 2
datedmasculinehangover
- 3
masculineobsoletecaterwaul; yowling of a cat
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unangenehme körperliche Symptome nach einem Rausch 2. schlechte, niedergedrückte Stimmung
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 Katzenjammer
- Katzenjammers genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Katzenjammer?
- /ˈkatsənjamɐ/
- [ˈkat͡sn̩ˌjamɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Katzenjammer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Katzenjammer in German?
Katzenjammer appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).