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🇩🇪 fremdschämen

2020-05-25 19:17:07.924407+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

RT Prof Tanja Bueltmann @cliodiaspora

German word of the day for you:

🇩🇪 fremdschämen

A feeling of embarrassment and shame on behalf of someone else who doesn’t feel embarrassment or shame while doing something awful ... like failing to apologise or show contrition while demonstrating contempt for a whole country.

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