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Sunday, March 15, 2015

German words of the day: schadenfreude

We all know a few German words: kindergarden, delicatessen. Child garden. Delicate eating. That is four German words already. Add aufweidersehen. Goodbye. Five German words.

But, however many words I know in English, French, German, Latin, Italian, Spanish, the writers of the Sunday Times come up with new words, especially Greek. Today's challenge is a German word:
schadenfreude - malicious glee when hearing about the misfortune(s) of another

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