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schadenfreuder

UK/ˈʃɑː.dənˌfɹɔɪ.də/US/ˈʃɑː.dənˌfɹɔɪ.dɚ/

schadenfreuder noun: a person experiencing schadenfreude.

Noun

schadenfreuder (plural schadenfreuders)

  1. (rare) A person experiencing schadenfreude.
    • One rehearsal, then the Reading in a large, professional rehearsal room before an audience of forty or fifty including interested producers, possible investor, skeptical staff, sages, agents, spies, a few friends, a few Schadenfreuders and the author.2000, Arthur Laurents, Original story by: a memoir of Broadway and Hollywood, page 309
    • Unluck cleaving to him made him no schadenfreuder—
      What was plus or minus? He loved the least cat.a. 2017, Harry Mathews, In praise of Heinrich Heine

Forms of schadenfreuder

pluralschadenfreuders
alternative formSchadenfreuder

Origin of schadenfreuder

From schadenfreude + -er.

Questions about schadenfreuder

What does schadenfreuder mean?
Schadenfreuder means a person experiencing schadenfreude.
What part of speech is schadenfreuder?
Schadenfreuder is a noun.
How do you pronounce schadenfreuder?
Schadenfreuder is pronounced /ˈʃɑː.dənˌfɹɔɪ.də/ (UK).
What is the plural of schadenfreuder?
The plural of schadenfreuder is schadenfreuders.

Words near schadenfreuder in the dictionary

  1. Schack
  2. Schacks
  3. Schad
  4. schadenford
  5. schadenfreude
  6. schadenfreuder
  7. schadenfreuders
  8. schadenfreudes
  9. schadenfreudian
  10. schades
  11. Schadler

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