die Schadenfreude

B1 Noun frequency rank #11,061

What Schadenfreude means

Noun

malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune; schadenfreude; gloating

Forms

die Schadenfreude · no common plural

Pronunciation

Schadenfreude in a sentence

Jedoch ist Neid zu fühlen, menschlich; Schadenfreude zu genießen, teuflisch.

However, to feel envy is human; to relish in schadenfreude, diabolic.

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Schadenfreude is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #11,061 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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