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katzenjammer

/ˈkætsənd͡ʒæmə(ɹ)/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A hangover.
  2. Jitters; discord; confusion.
  3. Depression.
  4. Alternative letter-case form of katzenjammer.

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from German Katzenjammer (“hangover”, literally “the wailing of cats”); a determinative compound formed from Katze (“cat”) + -n- + Jammer (“wailing; lamentation”).

  1. Katzenjammer(German)→
  2. katzenjammer (English)
  3. Relations: bor

Related words

Katzenjammer(German)

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