17-12-2025, 09:10 AM
As far as I can tell though, MHG "pine" had a limited application. Something like intense suffering in a religious context? Eschatological suffering 
In modern Dutch, "pijn" can be any kind of pain, just like the English word. But German has other words for that.

In modern Dutch, "pijn" can be any kind of pain, just like the English word. But German has other words for that.

