Schadenfruede

A song from the fucking hilarious musical "Avenue Q". It's also a German word meaning happiness at the misfortune of others.

Nicky: Hmm...Schadenfruede, huh? What is that? Some kind of Nazi word?
Gary: Yep! It's German for "happiness at the misfortune of others"!
Nicky: Happiness at the misfortune of others...that is German!

Kyle: What is this feeling when you watch a Vegetarian eat chicken or a Frat boy realize just what he put his dick in?
Lize: Schadenfruede!

by Lize September 6, 2008

schadenfruede

shay-den-fru-d

it is anything and everything.
it can be used in any sentence
it can be a noun, adj, verb, etc.

i'm schadenfruede.
and im not schadenfruede.
you are possibly schadenfruede.
and you are not schadenfruede.
i love to schadenfruede.
we can go schadenfruede.
i can do the schadenfruede.
i have schadenfruede.
schadenfruede to the 4th power!
oops, i schadenfrueded.
schadenfruede! where are my socks!?
ew. that was so schadenfruede of you.
sweet, you are so schadenfruede.
what the schadenfruede!?
who schadenfrueded?

by sfloverssss May 18, 2006

Schadenfruede

when you enjoy other people’s pain/you are pleased when people are hurt

John’s being a fucking bitch. He’s schadenfruede, but this time I’M the victim. Fuck you, John.

by TronityCat September 10, 2025

schadenfreude

German word, original translation loosely comes out as 'malicious joy'. In English, it's thought of 'malicious enjoyment from the suffering of another'. As there is no succinct English version of the word, English-speaking peoples have approximated this word and use it whenever they see people like corrupt CEOs get dragged off to jail.

Did you see that look on Fastow's face as he was told he couldn't take soap-on-a-rope to the lockup? Man, I felt a warm, comforting sense of schadenfreude in my gut when I saw it...

by Paul Wartenberg May 18, 2003

Schadenfreudenia

any country or disrespectful society where neither social nor economic unity has been established

the national motto of Schadenfreudenia is;

"whatever"

by kelamist June 10, 2018

Schadenfreudegasm

(n): the climactic pleasure one feels while seeing something terrible happen to another human being. A portmanteu of schadenfreude and orgasm. Particularly exemplified over reviled celebrities.

When LeBron James and the Miami Heat lost the 2011 NBA finals, all of Cleveland reached a schadenfreudegasm.

by Cassiyus December 12, 2011

schadenfreude

pleasure derived from others' troubles.

although "schadenfreude" seems widely known I've never heard it being used in casual conversation.

Probably it's more the problem of not knowing how to pronounce it. I've heard "skäidenfruhd," for instance :)

by lingualtreasure June 3, 2009