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points by zzzeek 14 hours ago | 0 comments
chat what is the German word for person who feels guilty for feeling schadenfreude

im sure it is a spectacular word

[–] chuckadams 13 hours ago
Schadenfreude literally means "shameful joy", so it's kind of built into the word itself. Someone who doesn't feel at least a little tinge of wrongness is someone who's broken.
[–] chihuahua 13 hours ago
No it does not mean that. It's not "shameful joy". It's joy at someone else's misfortune.

"Schaden" means literally "harm". "Schamfreude" or "Beschaemende Freute" would be "shameful joy", but that's not a word or expression that anyone uses.