skadeglad

Swedish

Etymology

skada (“harm, damage”) +‎ -e- +‎ glad (“happy”)

Adjective

skadeglad (comparative mer skadeglad, superlative mest skadeglad)

1. feeling or expressing schadenfreude

   ett skadeglatt hånflin

   a mocking grin full of schadenfreude

Declension

Inflection of skadeglad
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	skadeglad	mer skadeglad	mest skadeglad
Neuter singular	skadeglatt	mer skadeglatt	mest skadeglatt
Plural	skadeglada	mer skadeglada	mest skadeglada
Masculine plural3	skadeglade	mer skadeglada	mest skadeglada
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	skadeglade	mer skadeglade	mest skadeglade
All	skadeglada	mer skadeglada	mest skadeglada
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Related terms

• skadeglädje (“schadenfreude”)

References

• skadeglad in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skadeglad in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skadeglad in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)