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mrHappy:
Schadenfreude is the correct german word.
The Danes do have our own word that covers the same : skadefryd.
nosh:
skadefryd.
-mrHappy (July 24, 2012, 11:52 AM)
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Learnt something new. :Thmbsup:
tomos:
@ Stoic Joker:
Schadenfreude (likely incorrectly written, because my German is very "rusty") is the word you are looking for.
As I understand German is the only language (brave enough) to have a word for what you just described.
-Shades (July 24, 2012, 11:04 AM)
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here's another nice German word without an English equivalent - for what I reckon is a fairly universal experience:
Futterneidish: literally Food-envious;
where you think the other person got a bigger or better portion of food than you did. (Or maybe you're not even hungry but feel like eating just because they are, and you get vaguely envious of that...)
Arizona Hot:
How about these words: The 10 Coolest Foreign Words The English Language Need.
Stoic Joker:
How about these words: The 10 Coolest Foreign Words The English Language Need.-Arizona Hot (July 25, 2012, 11:19 AM)
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Actually I found #1 (Desenrascanco) rather interesting considering I'm half Portuguese ... and tend to function best in chaos. One of my favorite sayings is: The only thing you can plan on is that nothing will go according to plan.
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