verdünnisieren

Meaning

to head off, sneak off, abscond (leave a place, often abruptly and/or clandestinely)

Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɛɐ̯dʏniˈziːʁən/
Etymology

Ca. 1900, from ver- + dünn (“thin”) + -isieren (“-ize”), humorously for older sich dünn machen (literally “to make oneself thin”).

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