schadenfreude

WOTD – 11 August 2008    

See also Schadenfreude

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowing from German Schadenfreude (“joy in the suffering of others”)

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: SHäʹdənfroid'ə/, IPA: /ˈʃɑː.dənˌfɹɔɪ.də/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪdə

Noun

schadenfreude (uncountable)

1. Malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune.
   • 1897, Arthur Schopenhauer, Thomas Bailey Saunders (translator), "Human Nature", The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer,

     But it is Schadenfreude, a mischievous delight in the misfortunes of others, which remains the worst trait in human nature.

Quotations

• For more examples of usage of this term, see the citations page.

Derived terms

• schadenfreuder

Synonyms

• epicaricacy (rare)
• lulz (Internet slang)

See also

• gloating
• glee

Translations

malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune

• Afrikaans: leedvermaak (af)
• Bulgarian: злорадство (bg) (zlorádstvo) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幸災樂禍 (cmn), 幸灾乐祸 (cmn) (xìngzāilèhuò)

• Czech: škodolibost (cs) f
• Danish: skadefryd (da)
• Dutch: leedvermaak (nl) n
• Estonian: kahjurõõm (et)
• Finnish: vahingonilo (fi)
• French: joie maligne (fr) f
• German: Schadenfreude (de) f
• Greek: χαιρεκακία (el) (chairekakia) f
• Hebrew: שמחה לאיד (he) f
• Hungarian: káröröm (hu)

• Icelandic: þórðargleði (is) f
• Italian: gioia maligna (it) f
• Japanese: シャーデンフロイデ (ja) (shādenfuroide), 幸災楽禍 (ja) (こうさいらくか, kōsairakuka), (internet slang) メシウマ (ja) (meshiuma)
• Korean: 고소하다 (ko) (gosohada)
• Macedonian: злорадост (mk) (zlóradost) f
• Norwegian: skadefryd (no) m
• Russian: злорадство (ru) (zlorádstvo) n
• Scottish Gaelic: aighear-truaighe m, aighear millteach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: злорадoст (sh) f, злyрад (sh) f

  Roman: zloradost (sh) f, zlurad (sh) f

• Slovak: škodoradosť (sk) f
• Slovene: škodoželje (sl) n
• Spanish: alegría maligna (es) f, satisfacción malévola (es) f, regodeo (es)
• Swedish: skadeglädje (sv)
• Volapük: badöfafred (vo)

References

• bbc.co.uk - Edited Guide Entry: Schadenfreude