English-Swedish translations for yearn

• längta efter
• längta till
  Äldre och medelålders människor kan visserligen längta tillbaka till de gamla valutorna, men den unga generationen kommer att betrakta euron som sin valuta.The older and middle generations may indeed yearn wistfully for the old currencies, but the younger generation will regard the euro as their currency.
• längta tillbaka till
  Äldre och medelålders människor kan visserligen längta tillbaka till de gamla valutorna, men den unga generationen kommer att betrakta euron som sin valuta.The older and middle generations may indeed yearn wistfully for the old currencies, but the younger generation will regard the euro as their currency.

Definition of yearn

• To long, have a strong desire (for something
• To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically
• To have strong feelings of love, sympathy, affection, etc. (toward someone
• To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn
• To pain; to grieve; to vex
• To curdle, as milk
• Yearning;

Examples

• All I yearn for is a simple life.

Related words

• yearning
• yearningly
• yearn for
• yearning for
• yearning for death