"play sb up" in German to play sb. up weh tun jdn. nerven Detailed translations for "play sb up" to play sb. up to play sb. up(also: to grieve, to be painful, to be sore) weh tun to play sb. up(also: to annoy sb., to irritate sb., to get/jar on sb.'s nerves, to tick off sb.) jdn. nerven{transitive verb}