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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.
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i think it's "shadenfreude". spelling may be wrong.
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just checked: "schadenfreude"
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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.
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not to be confused with Weldscmerz ( - are all these angst-connoting words german derived??!!!!!)
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.....whoops misspell - should have been Weldschmerz!
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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.
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tsuwm, how do you KNOW these words!?
with respect...
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>>actually, the anglicized spelling is usually weltschmerz.
It's Weltschmerz auf Deutsch , too.
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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).
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