English words of Foreign Origin

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Schadenfreude:

"A feeling of enjoyment that comes from seeing or hearing about the troubles of other people."
 
I thought just about all English words were of foreign origin at some point.
 
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Schadenfreude:

"A feeling of enjoyment that comes from seeing or hearing about the troubles of other people."

At school we were taught that this was one of the few words that had no equivalent in the a English language...along with cuisine
 
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