Creep

"Creep" in German

Knilch

(informal: annoyingly unpleasant person)

Kriechen

(gradual deformation of material under stress)

Widerling

(informal: annoyingly unpleasant person)

Widerling

(pejorative: frightening or disconcerting person)

kriechen

(movement of something that creeps)

kriechen

(to grow across a surface rather than upwards)

schleichen

(to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction)

schleichen

(to change or deviate gradually)

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