skadeglädje
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of skada (“harm, damage”) + -e- + glädje (“joy, happiness”). Variation of earlier skadefröjd. Compare with German Schadenfreude. First attested in 1804.[1]
Noun
[edit]skadeglädje c
- schadenfreude (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
- 2023 May 25, Bilbo Göransson, “Pensionsjätte stämmer Facebook och Google: ”Kan aldrig förlora” [Pension giant sues Facebook and Google: "Can never lose"]”, in Dagens PS:
- Det finns ett mått av skadeglädje i att sätta skojarna på plats, berättar han.
- There is a measure of schadenfreude in putting the fraudsters in place, he says.
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | skadeglädje | skadeglädjes |
| definite | skadeglädjen | skadeglädjens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |