Schadenfreude in other languages

[Lisbeth Falster Jakobsen]

In Danish it will be 'skadefryd', in Dutch 'leedvermaak',
        Yours Lisbeth Falster Jakobsen

On Sun, 4 May 1997, Ron Kuzar wrote:

> ------- Crossposted COGLING & FUNKNET --------
> I have been asked to forward the following question to these two lists:
>
> [...] we focus on semantics and try to see if it says anything about
> cultural differences in social values. This is where i would like your
> advice: Do you think there is an expression for
> pleasure-in-other's-misfortune in English? (like there is Schadenfreude in
> German?), Do you know of such an expression in any other language you know?
> I couldn't find such an expression in English (there is gloating, and there
> is rejoicing in other's calamity, but they are not exactly the same as
> Schadenfreude). I am trying to find more languages like English that don't
> have it, and languages like Hebrew and German that do have a word for this
> emotion.
>
> Thanks
> Ron Kuzar
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