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You're free to adopt them in English. Such as 'schadenfreude'. We got a Dutch word for that; leedvermaak.
by Fnoord 3y ago
You're free to adopt them in English. Such as 'schadenfreude'. We got a Dutch word for that; leedvermaak.
- lamontcg 3y agoYes, which we've done, but if I go around talking to people in Seattle about "Geistige Brandstifter" I have exactly one friend who is going to know what I'm talking about because they're German. Language doesn't really work unless there's broad social buy-in, otherwise you're just talking to yourself.