Schottenfreude

German Words for the Human Condition

Ben Schott

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English

Text Publishing Company
23 October 2013

Fiction & Literature; Slang & dialect humour

Ever thought, ‘There should be a German word for that’? Well, now there is.

From the mind that created Schott’s Original Miscellany comes a unique volume exploring the idiosyncrasies of the human condition…auf Deutsch.

In which language but German could you construct le mot juste for: a secret love of bad food, the inability to remember jokes, Sunday-afternoon depression, the urge to yawn, the glee of gossip, reassuring your hairdresser, delight at the changing of the seasons, the urge to hoard, or the ineffable pleasure of a cold pillow?

By: Ben Schott
Imprint: Text Publishing Company
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 120mm, Width: 247mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9781922147585
ISBN 10: 1922147583
Publication Date: 23 October 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Schottenfreude: German Words for the Human Condition

'The Germans, thanks to Schott, now have the word Wohlverpackunsfreude, or the delight of a perfectly wrapped parcel. And that, in a word, is Schottenfreude.' -- David Astle Sydney Morning Herald 'Ben Schott has a knack of entertaining us with facts for a number of decades now. But Schottenfreude could outdo all his previous sales...It is inevitable that words like leertretung (stepping down heavily on a stair that is not there / void stepping ) will be bellowed over the turkey carcass-strewn table of thousands of households this Christmas.' Bookseller's Choice 'Use this to learn a (made-up) German word every day. Because we need more speichelgleichmuf (pretending you haven't been accidentally spat on in conversation) in our vernacular, don't you think?' Sunday Style