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NYT Daily • August 15, 2025

Source of schadenfreude?

Answer:

GERMAN

Hint:

This language gave us a word for taking pleasure in others' misfortune.

Explanation:

This clue plays on the word "schadenfreude," which is a German term meaning pleasure derived from someone else's misfortune. The question mark signals a pun—the "source" isn’t where you’d find schadenfreude but the language it comes from. Since the word itself is borrowed from German, the answer is simply "GERMAN."

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