Dirt

"Dirt" in German

Boden

(soil or earth)

Dreck

(soil or earth)

Dreck

(stain or spot (on clothes etc))

Dreck

(previously unknown negative information, kompromat)

Erde

(soil or earth)

Fleck

(stain or spot (on clothes etc))

Kompromat

(previously unknown negative information, kompromat)

Schmutz

(unclean matter)

Schmutz

(stain or spot (on clothes etc))

Schmutz

(previously unknown negative information, kompromat)

Unrat

(previously unknown negative information, kompromat)

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