schadenfraude

[Enrique Figueroa E.]

One point I'd very much like to see straightened here: does or does not
SCHADENFRA¨UDE necessarily imply or carry with itself the "righteousness"
some of the commentators have introduced?
I think not. Whether you think the person deserved it or not, however
usual the case may be, I dare say it is irrelevant to the meaning of the
word. It could as well refer to a very mean person.
ME