Definition: noun enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others (from German meaning, literally, “damage joy”)

Quotation: “…troubled male stars like Robert Downey Jr. are encouraged to move past problems to a second act in their careers, while the personal battles of women like Lindsay Lohan or the late Anna Nicole Smith are often played for maximum entertainment value. Edna Herrmann, a clinical psychologist in Los Angeles, said that while schadenfreude is part of the enjoyment of star travails, women especially respond to female celebrities with commonplace demons. ‘Misery likes company,’ Dr. Herrmann said.”
- from Boys Will Be Boys, Girls Will Be Hounded in the New York Times

Enough with the French…let’s move on to some good solid German. I always found it odd and amusing that Germans just mash up words or even whole sentences to make new words.