deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?message-squaremessage-square158linkfedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square158linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareceiphas@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day agoGerman: Tja Can mean nesrly anything from schadenfreude to deep empathy
minus-squareThirdConsul@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours ago Tja Isn’t that literally “oh, well”? And the intonation changes if thats empathy or schadenfreude. Curiously, schadenfreude does not translate to English well :)
minus-squarebold_omi@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoThe closest English word to shadenfreude is epicaricasy, I believe.
German: Tja
Can mean nesrly anything from schadenfreude to deep empathy
Isn’t that literally “oh, well”? And the intonation changes if thats empathy or schadenfreude.
Curiously, schadenfreude does not translate to English well :)
The closest English word to shadenfreude is epicaricasy, I believe.