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German
Etymology
From mit- + Freude.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɪtfʁɔʏ̯də/
- Hyphenation: Mit‧freu‧de
Noun
Mitfreude f (genitive Mitfreude, plural (uncommon) Mitfreuden)
- confelicity, compersion, freudenfreude
- Antonym: Schadenfreude
- Coordinate term: Mitleid
1878, Friedrich Nietzsche, Menschliches, Allzumenschliches [Human, All Too Human], section 614:Ein anderer Charakter, welcher reich an Mitfreude ist, überall Freunde gewinnt, alles Wachsende und Werdende liebevoll empfindet, alle Ehren und Erfolge Anderer mitgeniesst und kein Vorrecht, das Wahre allein zu erkennen, in Anspruch nimmt, sondern voll eines bescheidenen Misstrauens ist, – das ist ein vorwegnehmender Mensch, welcher einer höheren Cultur der Menschen entgegenstrebt.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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