schadenfreude

WOTD – 11 August 2008

See also: Schadenfreude

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowing from German Schadenfreude

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʀɔɪ̯də/
• (anglicized) enPR: SHäʹdənfroid'ə/, IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑː.dənˌfɹɔɪ.də/

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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
• Arabic: شماتة f (šamātah)
• Belarusian: злара́днасць f (zlarádnascʹ)
• Bulgarian: злора́дство (bg) n (zlorádstvo)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: škodolibost f
• Danish: skadefryd
• Dutch: leedvermaak (nl) n, schadevreugde f
• Estonian: kahjurõõm (et)
• Finnish: vahingonilo (fi)
• French: joie maligne f, schadenfreude (fr) f
• German: Schadenfreude (de) f
• Greek: χαιρεκακία (el) f (chairekakía)
• Hebrew: שמחה לאיד (he) f
• Hungarian: káröröm (hu)
• Icelandic: þórðargleði f, meinfýsni  f

• Italian: gioia maligna f
• Japanese: シャーデンフロイデ (shādenfuroide), 幸災楽禍 (こうさいらくか, kōsairakuka), (internet slang) メシウマ (meshiuma)
• Macedonian: злорадост f (zlóradost)
• Norwegian: skadefryd m
• Portuguese: Schadenfreude (pt) f
• Russian: злора́дство (ru) n (zlorádstvo)
• Scottish Gaelic: aighear-truaighe m, aighear millteach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: злорадoст f, злyрад f

  Roman: zloradost f, zlurad f

• Slovak: škodoradosť f
• Slovene: škodoželje n
• Spanish: alegría maligna f, satisfacción malévola f, regodeo
• Swedish: skadeglädje (sv)
• Ukrainian: зловті́ха f (zlovtíxa)
• Volapük: badöfafred (vo)

References

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