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scha·den·freu·de /ˈSHädənˌfroidə/ noun pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune.

• gaius 10y ago
  Why is there a word for it in German? Also doppelganger. Must happen alot there!
  • bostonpete 10y ago
    Schadenfreude is an English word. Virtually all English words are originated or derived from other languages...
    • euyyn 10y ago
      That's like replying to his words without really thinking about what he meant. Schadenfreude is an obvious borrowing from German. His question is why did they have a word for it in the first place.
      • bostonpete 10y ago
        Well, my point still stands. Given that the vast majority of English words are borrowed from other languages, why don't we ask the same question about all sorts of words? Maybe this word is uniquely German and doesn't have an equivalent in other languages -- I don't know enough about other languages to know that without further investigation -- but the mere fact that a word was borrowed from German to English doesn't seem like reason enough to ask why it's a German word.