Editing Schadenfreude (section)

== Etymology ==
Schadenfreude is a term [[loanword|borrowed]] from [[German language|German]]. It is a compound of {{lang|de|[[wikt:schaden#German|Schaden]]}} ("damage/harm") and {{lang|de|[[wikt:Freude|Freude]]}} ("joy"). The German word was first mentioned in English texts in 1852 and 1867, and first used in English running text in 1895.<ref>''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'', 1982, [http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/172271 ''s.v.'']</ref> In German, it was first attested in the 1740s.<ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22schadenfreude%22&lr=lang_de&source=lnt&tbs=lr%3Alang_1de%2Ccdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A1%2F1%2F1600%2Ccd_max%3A12%2F31%2F1750&tbm=bks Google Books] (the 1659 and 1700 dates are incorrect)</ref>
The earliest seems to be Christoph Starke, "Synopsis bibliothecae exegeticae in Vetus Testamentum," Leipzig, 1750. 
Although [[Proper noun|common nouns]] normally are not capitalized in English, schadenfreude sometimes is, following the [[German orthography#Spelling of nouns|German convention]].{{cn|date=November 2024}}