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Etymology

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16th century, perhaps from spinnen +‎ -isieren

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Verb

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spintisieren (weak, third-person singular present spintisiert, past tense spintisierte, past participle spintisiert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (dated, intransitive) to ponder, fantasize, daydream
    Synonym: grübeln

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