Schadenfreude
See also: schadenfreude
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Schadenfreude.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Schadenfreude f (uncountable)
- schadenfreude (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
German edit
Etymology edit
Schaden (“damage, harm, mishap”) + Freude (“joy”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Schadenfreude f (genitive Schadenfreude, no plural)
- 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.
Declension edit
Declension of Schadenfreude [sg-only, feminine]
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Danish: skadefryd
- → Dutch: schadevreugde
- → English: schadenfreude
- → Norwegian: skadefryd
- → Polish: Schadenfreude n
- → Portuguese: Schadenfreude f
- → Swedish: skadeglädje
Further reading edit
- “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
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from German Schadenfreude.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Schadenfreude n (indeclinable)
Further reading edit
- Schadenfreude in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from German Schadenfreude.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Schadenfreude f (uncountable)
- schadenfreude (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)