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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread looking for #5193 08/10/2000 2:59 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 1 Canada Donald stranger Donald stranger Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 1 Canada Can anyone refresh my memory? I am looking for a word, I believe German, but used in English to describe the taking of delight in someone else's misfortune. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking for #5194 08/10/2000 3:45 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 200 william enthusiast william enthusiast Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 200 i think it's "shadenfreude". spelling may be wrong. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking for #5195 08/10/2000 3:49 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 200 william enthusiast william enthusiast Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 200 just checked: "schadenfreude" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking for #5196 08/11/2000 3:37 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Welcome, Donald, good to have you! Thankfully, "schadenfreude" is not an affliction I suffer from. I don't suffer from insanity, either--I'm quite comfortable with it, thank you. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking for #5197 08/13/2000 11:38 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 167 Australia johnjohn member johnjohn member Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 167 Australia not to be confused with Weldscmerz ( - are all these angst-connoting words german derived??!!!!!) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking for #5198 08/14/2000 1:16 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 167 Australia johnjohn member johnjohn member Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 167 Australia .....whoops misspell - should have been Weldschmerz! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking for #5199 08/14/2000 1:23 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass actually, the anglicized spelling is usually weltschmerz. but you're right about those fun-loving Germans; schwarmerei and weltanschauung are a couple more angst-ridden borrowings. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking for #5200 08/14/2000 4:59 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 200 william enthusiast william enthusiast Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 200 tsuwm, how do you KNOW these words!? with respect... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: what I know #5201 08/14/2000 5:04 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking for #5202 08/14/2000 8:04 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York >>actually, the anglicized spelling is usually weltschmerz. It's Weltschmerz auf Deutsch , too. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking for #5203 08/15/2000 5:34 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland I just finished reading an interesting book on this topic by the Harvard science historian Anne Harrington: "Reenchanted Science: German Holism from Wilhelm II to Hitler". Besides unearthing surprising connections, it also shows the difficulties experienced by Anglo-Saxons to put themselves mentally in the German mode of discourse (to penetrate the "skin" of German thoughts). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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