"be pining for sb sth" in German to be pining for sb./sth. jdm./einer Sache nachtrauern Detailed translations for "be pining for sb sth" to be pining for sb./sth. to be pining for sb./sth.(also: to pine for sb./sth., to hanker after sb./sth., to be hankering after sb./sth.) jdm./einer Sache nachtrauern{intransitive verb}