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Pein.

torment; agony

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/paɪ̯n/
  1. torment; agony

    feminine · literary
  2. pain

    archaic · dialectal · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German pīne, from Old High German pīna, from Proto-West Germanic *pīnā (“torment, pain”).

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