The claim that Eskimos have about a trillion words for snow may be a false one -- actually, Eskimo languages have about as many synonyms for snow as English does -- but it remains true that the language of a culture can be fascinating and illustrative. It makes sense that Italians, whose meals typically last longer than American's, would have a word for the ring of condensation that appears around a glass that's been sitting on a table.

The following foreign words aren't impossible to translate, they just describe phenomena that would take a sentence or two to describe in English. Some, like the Japanese koi no yokan, a more pragmatic version of love at first sight, are certainly worth adopting.

Here are 23 words with no direct English translations:

Schadenfreude

Language: German

Meaning: A feeling of enjoyment that comes from seeing or hearing about the troubles of other people

Lagom

Language: Swedish

Meaning: Associated with moderation, the word means not too much, not too little, but just the right amount. It typically refers to the etiquette of taking your share.

Mencomot

Language: Indonesian

Meaning: Stealing things of small value, mostly for fun rather than out of necessity.

Hygge

Language: Danish

Meaning: The act of relaxing with loved ones and good friends, usually while enjoying food and drink; the word is associated with coziness.

Shouganai

Language: Japanese

Meaning: Connected to the idea of fate, this word means that something can't be helped, so why worry about it?

Fargin

Language: Yiddish

Meaning: To wholeheartedly appreciate the successes of others.

Saudade

Language: Portuguese

Meaning: Melancholic longing or nostalgia for a person, place or thing that is far away from you.

Komorebi

Language: Japanese

Meaning: The interplay between light and leaves when sunlight shines through trees.

Litost

Language: Czech

Meaning: A feeling that synthesizes grief, sympathy, remorse and longing.

Han

Language: Korean

Meaning: A collective feeling of oppression and isolation. As Los Angeles Times put it in 2011, "it's as amorphous a notion as love or hate: intensely personal, yet carried around collectively, a national torch, a badge of suffering tempered by a sense of resiliency."

Tampo

Language: Filipino

Meaning: Withdrawing affection from a person when one's feelings have been hurt.

Culaccino

Language: Italian

Meaning: The stain left on a table from a cold glass of water.

Pena ajena

Language: Spanish

Meaning: The feeling of being embarrassed for another person.

Waldeinsamkeit

Language: German

Meaning: The feeling experienced while alone in the woods, connecting with nature.

Psithurism

Language: Greek

Meaning: The sound of leaves rustling in the wind.

Koi No Yokan

Language: Japanese

Meaning: The feeling upon meeting someone that falling in love with him or her is inevitable.

Shemomedjamo

Language: Georgian

Meaning: This word describes when you continue to eat an entire meal in spite of feeling full.

Razbliuto

Language: Russian

Meaning: The feeling one has for someone he or she used to love, but no longer loves.

[CORRECTION: Razbliuto is not a traditionally-used Russian word, but is instead a word used by English linguists, comprised of various elements from Russian language.]

Forelsket

Language: Norwegian

Meaning: The specific feeling experienced while falling in love, rather than simply being in love.

Mangata

Language: Swedish

Meaning: The glimmering, road-like reflection that the moon creates on the water.

Aşermek

Language: Turkish

Meaning: The experience of craving certain foods while pregnant.

[CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article listed aşermek as a noun, rather than a verb.

Madrugada

Language: Spanish

Meaning: The time of day occurring between late at night (i.e. past midnight) and early morning.

Pana po’o

Language: Hawaiian

Meaning: The act of scratching one's head in order to remember the location of a misplaced object.