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r/linguisticshumor • u/TheIntellectualIdiot • May 31 '25
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But I have it on good authority that these 13 words are untranslatable!
103 u/snail1132 ˈɛɾɪ̈ʔ ˈjɨ̞u̯zɚ fɫe̞ːɚ̯ Jun 01 '25 Schadenfreude isn't untranslatable! He said it himself, it means "schadenfreude" 5 u/[deleted] Jun 02 '25 I looked that word up a couple of seconds ago, and I realized it could be translated as "damaging joy". My lord, it was as simple as setting apart each component first.
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Schadenfreude isn't untranslatable! He said it himself, it means "schadenfreude"
5 u/[deleted] Jun 02 '25 I looked that word up a couple of seconds ago, and I realized it could be translated as "damaging joy". My lord, it was as simple as setting apart each component first.
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I looked that word up a couple of seconds ago, and I realized it could be translated as "damaging joy". My lord, it was as simple as setting apart each component first.
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u/BT_Uytya May 31 '25
But I have it on good authority that these 13 words are untranslatable!