The story
Dutch keeps one verb for the absence of envy: ik gun het je, I am glad it went to you. The same word covers awarding a contract, which is a very Dutch way of saying the best bid deserved it. English manages only the negative, begrudge.
gunnen
KHUN-nen[ˈɣʏnə(n)]
Pronunciation: Marcel coenders · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commonsto be glad that somebody has something good, with no envy in it at all
Closest in English: grant, granting, goodwill. None of them covers it.
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How it went in the game
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- Which language is it from?Dutch
- What is its opposite?misgunnen (to begrudge)
- Where would you hear it?A colleague gets the job you wanted
- What does it mean?To be glad that someone else has it
How it went
Harder than most words so far.
Round three, situation, was where most points went.
More Dutch words
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