Schadenfreude

Borrowed from German Schadenfreude.

Schadenfreude f (uncountable)

1. schadenfreude (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)

Schaden (“damage, harm, mishap”) +‎ Freude (“joy”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːdənˌfʁɔʏ̯də/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪ̯də

Schadenfreude f (genitive Schadenfreude, no plural)

1. malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune; schadenfreude; gloating

   Synonym: Häme

   • 1912, Arthur Schopenhauer, Arthur Schopenhauers sämtliche Werke, vol. 3, R. Piper & Co., page 670:

     Jedoch ist Neid zu fühlen, menschlich; Schadenfreude zu genießen, teuflisch.

     However, to feel envy is human; to relish in Schadenfreude, diabolic.

• schadenfroh

• Danish: skadefryd
• Dutch: schadevreugde
• English: schadenfreude
• Norwegian: skadefryd
• Polish: Schadenfreude n
• Portuguese: Schadenfreude f
• Swedish: skadeglädje

• “Schadenfreude” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schadenfreude” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Schadenfreude” in Duden online
• “Schadenfreude” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• Schadenfreude on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Unadapted borrowing from German Schadenfreude.

• IPA^(key): /ʂa.dɛnˈfrɔj.dɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɔjdɛ
• Syllabification: Scha‧den‧freu‧de

Schadenfreude n (indeclinable)

1. schadenfreude

• Schadenfreude in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Schadenfreude in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from German Schadenfreude.

Schadenfreude f (uncountable)

1. schadenfreude (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)