> Because of this we have to say "I am experiencing joy from seeing X person in pain" while the Germans get to say "I feel Schadenfreude". The German way is more succinct.

To be fair, in English we would just say schadenfreude today.

edit: I'm apparently blind and missed the same comment already made yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26134050

Guess I'm a day late and a buck short.