creep

(Englisch)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
2. (intransitive) To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
3. (intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
4. (intransitive) To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
5. To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
6. To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
7. To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
8. To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
9. To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
10. (intransitive, slang) To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
2. (countable, uncountable) A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
3. (countable, uncountable) A slight displacement of an object; the slight movement of something.
4. (uncountable) The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
5. (countable, uncountable) In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
6. (countable, uncountable) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
7. (countable, uncountable) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
8. (countable, derogatory, informal, uncountable) Someone creepy (annoyingly unpleasant), especially one who is strange or eccentric.
9. (countable, derogatory, especially, informal, uncountable) A person who engages in sexually inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment.
10. (countable, uncountable) A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/kɹiːp/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: crepen

Geerbt von Altenglisch: crēopan

Verwandt mit Westfriesisch: krippe

Verwandt mit Westfriesisch: crjippa

Verwandt mit Niederdeutsch: krepen

Verwandt mit Niederländisch: kruipen

Verwandt mit Mittelhochdeutsch: kriefen

Verwandt mit Dänisch: krybe

Verwandt mit Norwegisch: krype

Verwandt mit Schwedisch: krypa

Verwandt mit Isländisch: krjúpa

In summary

From Middle English crepen, from Old English crēopan (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-West Germanic *kreupan, from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną (“to twist, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with West Frisian krippe, krûpe, West Frisian crjippa (“to creep”), Low German krepen and krupen, Dutch kruipen (“to creep, crawl”), Middle High German kriefen (“to creep”), Danish krybe (“to creep”), Norwegian krype (“to creep”), Swedish krypa (“to creep, crawl”), Icelandic krjúpa (“to stoop”).
The noun is derived from the verb.
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *kreupaną
Proto-West Germanic *kreupan
Old English crēopan
Middle English crepen
English creep

Konzepte

kriechen

schleichen

Kriechen

krabbeln

Arschloch

Knilch

Dreckskerl

Hundsfott

Kanake

klettern

leisetreten

nachschleppen

reiten

Scheißkerl

schlendern

Schweinehund

spazieren

spazierengehen

spazieren gehen

steigen

umherbummeln

wandeln

Wichser

lustwandeln

auf allen Vieren gehen

hinterher schleichen

Mistkerl

robben

Widerling

beklettern

emporgehen

seitlich rollen

herumspazieren

Mutterficker

Scheißkettenhunde

Sumpfblute

- Arschloch

Abschaum -s

besteigen

erschleichen

flanieren

gleiten

heranschleichen

hinaufgehen

Synonyme

crawl

sneak

slither

climb

cringe

steal

grovel

stalk

worm

🪱

creeping

crud

scumbag

slip

slink

scum

slimebag

spread

glide

dirtbag

move slowly

cower

swine

still hunt

go

slimeball

dirtball

scuzzbag

scoundrel

scuzzball

drag

fawn

move

sleazeball

sleaze

pussyfoot

rascal

crawling

slimebucket

dick

advance slowly

weirdie

dawdle

weirdo

tiptoe

trail

son of a bitch

creep up

slide

spook

sidle