ersehnen — meaning in English

English meaning

• covet verb To want something very badly, often something that belongs to someone else.
• pine noun An evergreen coniferous tree with needle-like leaves, or the wood it produces.

Senses

ersehnen is used for these senses in English:

• pine (intransitive) To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.

pine — full definition

1. noun An evergreen coniferous tree with needle-like leaves, or the wood it produces.
2. verb To long for something painfully, especially someone absent, or to waste away from grief or longing.

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