<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Schadenfreude (/ ˈʃɑːdənfrɔɪdə /; German: (ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də) (listen); lit .' harm - joy') is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self - satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, or humiliation of another . </P> <P> Schadenfreude is borrowed from German; it is a compound of Schaden' damage, harm' and Freude' joy' . The German word was first mentioned in English texts in 1852 and 1867, and first used in English running in 1895 . In German, it was first attested in the 1740s . </P>

German word for taking pleasure in others misery