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7 German words with no English translation

Thanks to @roccodesta for the idea.

    1. Verschlimmbessern

    Ver: A prefix that marks the word in question as negative or difficult

    schlimm: terrible

    bessern: to make better

    Making something worse by trying to make it better

    2. Schadenfreude

    Schaden: damage

    Freude: joy

    The joy when something bad happens to somebody you don't like

    3. Kummerspeck

    Kummer: sorrow

    Speck: bacon or fat

    The fat you put on after eating too much due to sadness

    4. Geborgenheit

    Ge: A prefix that expresses what is happening at the moment

    bergen: to protect

    heit: An ending that refers to manner or appearance

    The feeling that is caused by being warm, protected and sheltered

    5. Torschlusspanik

    Tor: door

    Schluss: ending

    Panik: panic

    The strong feeling of having to do something because an opportunity is irrevocably ending

    6. Fremdschämen

    fremd: foreign, strange, alien

    sich schämen: to be ashamed

    A painful sensation when someone else does something embarrassing

    7. Geschmacksverirrung

    Geschmack: taste

    Verirrung: abomination

    A sign of such bad taste that a pathological disorder is suspected

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