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The German word for pine is
Kiefer





pine

Gender

The gender of Kiefer is feminine. E.g. die Kiefer.

Plural

The plural of Kiefer is Kiefern.

German Definition


pine
     Substantiv:
     [1] Botanik: Nadelbaum der Gattung Pinus (zum Beispiel Pinus sylvestris, Kiefer oder Föhre)

Translations for pine and their definitions

Pinie
     n-f. stone pine (Pinus pinea, a chiefly Mediterranean tree)


sich sehnen
     to miss, to feel the absence of someone
     crave
     to yearn


Kiefer
     n-f. pine (tree of genus Pinus)


Föhre
     n-f. (especially, Austria) pine (tree)


schmachten
     v. to suffer hardship, especially severe hunger or thirst
     v. (figurative, now the main use) to pine, languish


Verlangen
     n-n. desire, yearning, longing
     n-n. request, wish, demand
     v. to ask for, demand


ersehnen
     v. to long for


Trauern
     n. gerund of trauern
     v. to mourn
     v. to be sad



quälen
     v. to torture, to torment, to agonize
     v. to cause sorrow, to upset, to worry
     v. to harass, to bother
     v. to toil, to struggle


Kiefernholz
     n. pinewood (The wood of a pine tree.)


siechen
     v. (chiefly literary) to be very ill, bedridden for a long time, moribund
     v. (obsolete) to be ill (in general)
     adj. form of siech




Foltern
     n. plural of Folter
     v. to torture (subject to cruel treatment)



heimsuchen
     v. to haunt, to afflict, to scourge


Schwinden
     n. gerund of schwinden
     v. to dwindle (to decrease, shrink, vanish)



dahinsiechen
     v. to waste away


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