Schadenfreude *

* Damage-happiness

Word used often by Everyone

f. sg • n. • A feeling of happines that someone gets when others fail or things go wrong.

Note: It appears as a noun and an adjective (schandenfroh).

"Hast du gehört? Herr Müller hat schon wieder verschlafen." "Du bist ja richtig schadenfroh!"

"Did you head? Mr. Müller overslept again." "You’re really 'damage-happy'!"

Added August 2020 by nelila

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