English
fremdschämen
Fremdschämen comes from German Fremdschämen ‘gerund of fremdschämen’.
- Germanc. 1650–presentFremdschämen‘gerund of fremdschämen’
- Englishearliest quotation 2013fremdschämen
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Germanc. 1650–presentFremdschämen‘gerund of fremdschämen’
- Englishearliest quotation 2013fremdschämen
Earliest quotation: 2013, Jessica Decou, Playful: “Though the Fremdschämen (or even Schadenfreude) of series like…”
Every English word from German Fremdschämen
Today it means
noun A feeling of vicarious embarrassment for another.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Fremdschämen / fremdschämen