What are some fun German words?

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What are some fun German words?

10 Funny German Words with literal translations

  • Speisekarte (dish card)
  • Eselsbrücke (donkey’s bridge)
  • Kummerspeck (gaining weight from comfort eating)
  • Innerer Schweinehund (inner pig-dog)
  • Fremdschämen (exterior shame)
  • Torschlusspanik (closing-gate panic)
  • Treppenwitz (staircase joke)
  • Lebensmüde (life tired)

Is Zemblanity a real word?

Related terms William Boyd coined the term zemblanity in the late twentieth century to mean somewhat the opposite of serendipity: “making unhappy, unlucky and expected discoveries occurring by design”. It describes the suppression of serendipitous discoveries or research results by powerful individuals.

What do you call someone who enjoys other people’s misery?

sadist Add to list Share. A sadist is someone who enjoys inflicting pain on others, sometimes in a sexual sense. Sadists like seeing other people hurt. A sadist is the opposite of a masochist, who enjoys being in pain. A sadist is all about hurting others, usually to get off sexually.

What do you call a miserable person?

1 forlorn, disconsolate, doleful, distressed. 2 destitute. 3 despicable, mean, low, abject.

What is a masochist person?

1 : a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism But Ksenia is a masochist who cannot experience sexual pleasure without first experiencing extreme pain.—

What’s the meaning of it’s my pleasure?

—used as a response to someone who has thanked one for doing something to say that one was happy to do it “Thanks for your help.” “(It was) My pleasure.”

Which pleasures are higher?

Mill delineates how to differentiate between higher- and lower-quality pleasures: A pleasure is of higher quality if people would choose it over a different pleasure even if it is accompanied by discomfort, and if they would not trade it for a greater amount of the other pleasure.

Are all pleasures comparable?

With regards to the question if it is comparable, YES, it is. Considering the enjoyment and satisfaction that an act brings to the person doing it, the feeling is the same. As such, many types of pleasure are comparable. However, the sense of satisfaction of the doer is still the same.