Kater

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See also: kater, katër, and kąter

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaː.tɐ/
  • Hyphenation: Ka‧ter

Etymology 1

From Middle High German katere, from Old High German kataro, from Proto-West Germanic *kataʀō (“male cat; tomcat”), akin to Yiddish קאָטער (koter), German Low German Kater, Dutch kater, Saterland Frisian Koater, English caterwaul, Luxembourgish Kueder.

Noun

Kater m (strong, genitive Katers, plural Kater, feminine Katze or Kätzin)

  1. tomcat, tom, male cat
    Synonyms: Katzenmännchen, männliche Katze
    Antonyms: Katzenweibchen, weibliche Katze, Katze
Declension
Declension of Kater
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Kater die Kater
genitive eines des Katers der Kater
dative einem dem Kater den Katern
accusative einen den Kater die Kater
Related terms

Etymology 2

Humorous alteration of Katarrh (“catarrh”), after somewhat older Katzenjammer.

Noun

Kater m (strong, genitive Katers, plural Kater)

  2. (slightly informal) hangover
    Synonym: (dated) Katzenjammer
    • 1903, Max Bauer, Der deutsche Durst: Methyologische Skizzen der deutschen Kulturgeschichte‎:
      Ja, der altgermanische Met war ein Tränkchen, dessen Vollgenuß man nicht so leicht vergaß. Wer den braunen, reichlich süßen Saft einmal zu sich genommen, z. B. in jenem uralten Metkeller Wiens, dem »süßen Löch'l«, der erinnert sich, auch nach Jahren noch, mit recht geteilten Gefühlen der bittersüßen Nachwirkungen, die sich mild aber doppelt äußern, ehe sie als geradezu unverwüstlicher Kater ausklingen.
      Yes, the old Germanic mead was a little drink whose pleasure one did not so easily forget. Whoever once took in the brown, richly sweet juice, for instance in that ancient Viennese mead cellar, the ‘Sweet Hole’, would remember with quite mixed feelings, even years later, the bittersweet aftereffects that show up mild but twice as strong before they fade away in a downright inexhaustible hangover.
  3. (colloquial) Ellipsis of Muskelkater (“sore muscle”).
Declension
Declension of Kater
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Kater die Kater
genitive eines des Katers der Kater
dative einem dem Kater den Katern
accusative einen den Kater die Kater
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Dutch: kater

Further reading

German Low German

Alternative forms

  • Koter (Bremensch, Noord-Barnimsch, Stader Geest)

Etymology

From Middle Low German kāter, from Old Saxon *kataro, from Proto-West Germanic *kataʀō (“male cat; tomcat”), akin to German Kater, Dutch kater, West-Veluws Dutch Low Saxon kaoter, Plautdietsch Koter, Kota.

Noun

Kater m (plural Katers, feminine Katt)

  1. tomcat, male cat, he-cat

Hypernyms

  • Katt (in the sense cat)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)
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