14 wonderful words with no English equivalent

[samvara]

My fave's from this list.

8. Tartle (Scots)
The nearly onomatopoeic word for that panicky hesitation just before you have to introduce someone whose name you can't quite remember.

11. Fremdschämen (German); Myötähäpeä (Finnish)
The kinder, gentler cousins of Schadenfreude, both these words mean something akin to "vicarious embarrassment." Or, in other words, that-feeling-you-get-when-you-watch-Meet the Parents.

Comments

[ironed_orchid]

Those are good words, and unlike some other lists of this sort, I not only recognize all the things the word describes, but can't find an English equivalent which is just a little bit unusual.

[samvara]

Myötähäpeä often happens in my life, I'm glad o have a word for it.

[attackfish]

Sorry for the fly by post (reading other people's f-lists) but isn't number 11 pretty much "igry"?

[samvara]

Hello and welcome.

I think that would be a step up in intensity!