What is the German word for: "Happiness at an enemies discomfort?"

[brainshrub]

I've heard it before, but I can't remember.

[hfojvt]

1. gemuetlichkeit

No, it's schadenfreude.

[brainshrub]

2. Yes, that's it!

Thanks

[ashling]

3. Squirtzenpoopen

oh the discomfort ... are you happy now?

[Writer]

5. No no no... that's an enemy after you've slipped ex-lax in his drink! n/t

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. Schadenfreude

http://www.answers.com/schadenfreude&r=67

[ForrestGump]

6. I thought it was Eidelweiss

:P

The play, Avenue Q, features a cool song about schadenfreude.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

17. I'll have to check that out...

After I initially take pleasure in a scumbag's misfortune, I'm always disgusted with myself. I want to be better than them, dammit! :beer:

[dysfunctional press]

24. there's a great song in Avenue Q about it.

i highly reccomend the show to anyone going to vegas.

but you know what show really sucked...? penn & teller.

[begin_within]

7. Katarina Witt

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

8. I think Tonya Harding would be more the choice for this.

[begin_within]

12. True, but Witt was always a fierce, tough, intimidating competitor.

She used every psychological trick in the book, including carefully placed media comments, standing at rinkside and watching her top rivals' performances to make them more nervous, kissing up to the judges big time, wearing costumes so skimpy you could almost see up her butt.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

13. Yeah but when you're talking getting joy from someone else's pain,

I mean come on. That pic of the kneecapped Nancy Kerrigan says it all!

On edit: especially when it was YOUR GOON who inflicted the pain!

[begin_within]

16. Yes, but Harding gained nothing from it, and to this day, she still claims

she knew nothing about the attack until after it happened. But, yes, it's a good example.

[MissHoneychurch]

9. Schadenfreude ist die schönste Freude

a saying here in good old Germany

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

10. Means what? Schadenfreude is the best freude?

[MissHoneychurch]

11. Yup

best or most enjoyable.

schön has different meanings in context.

[greekspeak]

20. Definitely "schadnefreude"

Hello MissHoneyChurch! If ever you come through Tally, I guess I am going to have to polish up my Deutsch!

[DS1]

14. Stukka

[no name no slogan]

15. Fahrfergnugen (sp)

[greekspeak]

21. I think that means "driving amusement." But what a fun word!

Fensterpuppe is a favorite, or sicherheitsmassnahmen.

[tigereye]

18. I don't know

but I'm assuming this is related to Rove et al.

to quote They Might Be Giants:

Slowly twisting (twisting)
In the wind (twisting)
Twisting twisting (twisting)
In the wind

:evilgrin:

[brainshrub]

19. Not exactly, here's where I used it:

www.brainshrub.com/katherine-harris-movie

Enjoy.

[Hardrada]

22. Feindschmertzfrohlichkeit?

I remembere Germans like compound words like Fehrnseeapparat (TV).

[lumberjack_jeff]

23. HA, ha.

A big 'ol Nelson laugh. :)