skadefro

Danish

/skaːdəfroː/

adj

Definitions

gleeful, malicious

Etymology

Compound from Danish skade (damage, injury, harm) + Danish fro (glad)derived from German schadenfroh (gleeful in the downfall of others, gleeful).

Origin

German (Berlin)

schadenfroh

Gloss

gleeful in the downfall of others, gleeful

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Distribution of cognates by language

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Cognates and derived terms

schadenfroh German
skadefro Norwegian Bokmål
skaði Old Norse
fro Danish
skade Danish
skadelig Danish
vrō Middle Low German