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shäʹdənfroidə
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homophone: schadenfreuder (non-rhotic pronunciations)
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Malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune; counterempathy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: epicaricacy, lulz
Antonyms: confelicity, freudenfreude, naches, firgun
delight in another person's misfortune
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: delight, delectation
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skaþô Proto-West Germanic *skaþō Old High German skado Middle High German schade German Schaden Proto-Indo-European *prew-der. Proto-Germanic *frawazder. Proto-Germanic *frawiþō Old High German frewida Middle High German vröude German Freude German Schadenfreudeubor. English schadenfreude An unadapted borrowing from German Schadenfreude (“joy in the misfortune of others”), from Schaden (“damage, misfortune”) + Freude (“joy”). The word gained popularity in English in the late 20th c. and likely entered mainstream usage through an episode of The Simpsons (more in citations).
Across languages
Translations 73 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
leedvermaak
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Albanian :
keqdashje
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Albanian :
dashakeqësi
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Albanian :
smirë
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Arabic :
شَمَاتَة
(šamāta)
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Belarusian :
злара́днасць
(zlarádnascʹ)
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Bulgarian :
злора́дство
(zlorádstvo)
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Chinese Cantonese :
幸災樂禍 /幸灾乐祸
(hang6 zoi1 lok6 wo6)
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Chinese Mandarin :
幸災樂禍 /幸灾乐祸
(xìngzāilèhuò)
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Czech :
škodolibost
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Danish :
skadefryd
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Dutch :
leedvermaak
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Dutch :
schadevreugde
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Dutch :
schadenfreude
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Esperanto :
difektoĝojo
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Estonian :
kahjurõõm
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Finnish :
vahingonilo
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
French :
joie maligne
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
French :
schadenfreude
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Galician :
ledicia do mal alleo
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Georgian :
ნიშნის მოგება
(nišnis mogeba)
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
German :
Schadenfreude
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Greek :
χαιρεκακία
(chairekakía)
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Ancient Greek :
ἐπιχαιρεκακία
(epikhairekakía)
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Hebrew :
שִׂמְחָה לְאֵיד
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Hindi :
शाडन्फ़्रॉएड
(śāḍanfrŏeḍ)
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Hungarian :
káröröm
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Icelandic :
þórðargleði
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Icelandic :
meinfýsni
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Indonesian :
schadenfreude
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Indonesian :
senang melihat orang susah
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Indonesian :
susah melihat orang senang
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Italian :
gioia maligna
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Italian :
aticofilia
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Japanese :
シャーデンフロイデ
(shādenfuroide)
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Japanese :
幸災楽禍
(kōsairakuka)
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Japanese :
メシウマ
(meshiuma)
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Japanese :
他人の不幸は蜜の味
(tanin no fukō wa mitsu no aji)
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Korean :
쌤통
(ssaemtong)
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Korean :
샤덴프로이데
(syadenpeuroide)
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Korean :
고소하다
(gosohada)
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Macedonian :
злорадост
(zloradost)
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Macedonian :
сеир
(seir)
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Norwegian Bokmål :
skadefryd
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Norwegian Nynorsk :
skadefryd
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Polish :
Schadenfreude
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Portuguese :
Schadenfreude
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Portuguese :
bem feito
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Russian :
злора́дство
(zlorádstvo)
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Scottish Gaelic :
àgh-truaighe
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Scottish Gaelic :
àgh millteach
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Scottish Gaelic :
aighear-truaighe
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Serbo-Croatian :
злурадост
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Serbo-Croatian :
злорадoст
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Serbo-Croatian :
злyрад
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Serbo-Croatian :
zluradost
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Serbo-Croatian :
zloradost
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Serbo-Croatian :
zlurad
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Slovak :
škodoradosť
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Slovene :
škodoželje
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Spanish :
alegría maligna
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Spanish :
gozo morboso m satisfacción malévola
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Spanish :
gozamiento del mal ajeno
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Spanish :
epicaricacía
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Spanish :
regodeo
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Spanish :
schadenfreude
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Spanish :
refocilación
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Spanish :
refocilo
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Swedish :
skadeglädje
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Turkish :
şematet
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Ukrainian :
зловті́ха
(zlovtíxa)
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Volapük :
badöfafred
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
Yiddish :
שאָדנפֿרייד
(shodnfreyd)
— malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune
