Schadenfreude
Submitted by kirschcrumble on Fri, 09/05/2008 - 10:44pm.
translates to "joy of harm", or the malicious pleasure one feels at someone else's misfortune
translates to "joy of harm", or the malicious pleasure one feels at someone else's misfortune
What a cool site. Sorry to take so long to check it out. Haven't done my German homework for a while ;-) so I didn't see yuor comment on my blog.
Don't know if it's a Germanism, but the most amusing thing I have heard lately is that referees (I play volleyball) are called Schiedsrichter. Pronounced shits-rickter, or at least that's what it sounds like. Most of the names I have called referees in English are pretty close to that. I'm sure we could make a Germanism out of it ;-)
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