Freude
German (Berlin)
/ˈfʀɔʏ̯də/
noun
Definitions
- joy, happiness
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German vrowede inherited from Old High German frouwida inherited from Proto-Germanic *frawiþō (joy) derived from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (jump, hop, jerk, leap).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*prew-
Gloss
jump, hop, jerk, leap
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
踊
Emoji
🐸 🦘
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- schadenfreude English
- -n- German
- Freudenhaus German
- Freudenträne German
- Freudigkeit German
- Haus German
- Schaden German
- Schadenfreude German
- Träne German
- Vorfreude German
- experimentierfreudig German
- freudig German
- freudlos German
- gebärfreudig German
- kontaktfreudig German
- reaktionsfreudig German
- redefreudig German
- trinkfreudig German
- schadevreugde Dutch, Flemish
- vreugde Dutch, Flemish
- vreugdedans Dutch, Flemish
- vreugdeloos Dutch, Flemish
- zegevreugde Dutch, Flemish
- прыгать Russian
- *prew- Proto-Indo-European
- fryd Norwegian Bokmål
- skadefryd Norwegian Bokmål
- tusenfryd Norwegian Bokmål
- Schadenfreude Portuguese
- *frawiþō Proto-Germanic
- *fruskaz Proto-Germanic
- *fruþ- Proto-Germanic
- *fruþgô Proto-Germanic
- fröjd Swedish
- シャーデンフロイデ Japanese
- Schadenfreude Polish
- fryd Norwegian Nynorsk
- skadefryd Norwegian Nynorsk
- frygð Old Norse
- fryd Danish
- پریدن Persian
- vreuchde Middle Dutch
- frewida Old High German
- frouwida Old High German
- vrowede Middle High German
- Freed Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- פֿרייד Yiddish
- fryghþ Old Swedish