schadenfreuder

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

noun

A person experiencing schadenfreude.

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Meanings

nounschadenfreuder (plural schadenfreuders)

plural schadenfreuders · alternative Schadenfreuder

  1. rareA person experiencing schadenfreude.

    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
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    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

Origin

From schadenfreude + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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schadenfreude (non-rhotic pronunciations)
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APA

schadenfreuder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schadenfreuder

MLA

“schadenfreuder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schadenfreuder. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schadenfreuder,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schadenfreuder.

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