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This article is about a state of mind. For a description of the music group of the same name, see Katzenjammer (band) .

The Katzenjammer ( student language , Goethe time ) means:

• the hangover after an alcohol intoxication with nausea, loss of appetite, headache, moodiness and depression
• the disillusionment after exuberant joy
• also torments of conscience , remorse

The word Katzenjammer is the defused version of the original expression "Kotzen-Jammer" from Goethe's time.

The Latin equivalent, through which the kitty found its way into medical terminology, is called crapula , which in translation also means intoxication .

The word belongs to the animal comparative word coining such as lion's mane , bear hunger, pork gallop, bee industry, bad weather, dog day , monkey shame .

In the 19th century, the poet Friedrich Schlögl described the hangover:

“ Today the sweet intoxication is gone; the pity has remained. The hangover! There are different stages of this state and two kinds of it. The physical misery, so to speak, is soon to be cured. In the people's pharmacy, the use of "laying your hair on" is a popular and usually unmistakable means. This hair-laying now again varies in the nuances of the acid used and depends on the habitual taste, the level of education and the financial resources of the patient concerned. "

- Friedrich Schlögl : Ash Wednesday

Already in the Handbuch der Drogisten-Praxis , Volume 25: First Part of 1893 , a use for salmiak spirit is stated: … Medicinally internally in small doses (6–10 drops) in ½ glass of water against drunkenness and misery…

See also

• The Katzenjammer Kids
• Katzenjammer cabaret
• Kyuss (band, originally formed as Katzenjammer )
• Katzenjammer (Norwegian folk band)

literature

• Carole Nelson Douglas : On Mondays, the hangover comes. A Temple Barr & Midnight Louie thriller. Econ, Düsseldorf 1995, ISBN 3-612-25102-3 .
• Ramón Díaz Eterovic : Hangovers and cats complaints. A case for Heredia Roman. Diogenes, Zurich 2001, ISBN 3-257-06285-0 .
• Anton Kuh : A triumph of seconds and a pity. Published by Traugott Krischke. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-218-00595-7 .
• CB Lessmann: Sisters. Volume 4: Katzenjammer on cloud nine. Loewe, Bindlach 2002, ISBN 3-7855-4404-9 .

Web links

Wiktionary: Katzenjammer  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sven Siedenberg: "We speak German" Comics are the source of the misery. Stern.de, September 8, 2009, accessed April 3, 2013 .