"pine for sb sth" in German to pine for sb./sth. jdm./einer Sache nachtrauern sich nach jdm./etw. verzehren Detailed translations for "pine for sb sth" to pine for sb./sth. 1. psychology to pine for sb./sth.(also: to be pining for sb./sth., to hanker after sb./sth., to be hankering after sb./sth.) jdm./einer Sache nachtrauern{intransitive verb} 2. other to pine for sb./sth.(also: to ache for sb./sth., to eat your heart out for sb./sth.) sich nach jdm./etw. verzehren{verb}