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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”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian krûpe (“to creep, crawl”), Central Franconian kruffe (“to creep, crawl”), Dutch kruipen (“to creep, crawl”), Low German krepen, krupen (“to creep, crawl”), Danish krybe (“to creep”), Faroese krúpa (“to creep”), Icelandic krjúpa (“to kneel down, to genuflect, to get down on one's knees”), Norwegian Bokmål krype (“to creep”), Norwegian Nynorsk krjupa, krjupe, krypa, krype (“to creep, crawl”), Swedish krypa (“to creep, crawl”). 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

130 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: пълзене (pǎlzene) — movement of something that creeps
• Dutch: kruip — movement of something that creeps
• Finnish: ryömintä — movement of something that creeps
• Finnish: matelu — movement of something that creeps
• French: rampement — movement of something that creeps
• German: kriechen — movement of something that creeps
• Hungarian: csúszás-mászás — movement of something that creeps
• Italian: strisciare — movement of something that creeps
• Persian: خزیدن — movement of something that creeps
• Portuguese: rastejo — movement of something that creeps
• Russian: по́лзание (pólzanije) — movement of something that creeps
• Bulgarian: пълзене (pǎlzene) — small gradual change in a measure
• Finnish: ryömintä — small gradual change in a measure
• Finnish: liikahdus — slight displacement
• Italian: scorrimento — slight displacement
• Italian: spostamento — slight displacement
• Italian: deriva — slight displacement
• Russian: сполза́ние (spolzánije) — slight displacement
• Chinese Mandarin: 潛變 /潜变 (qiánbiàn) — gradual deformation of material under stress
• Chinese Mandarin: 蠕變 /蠕变 (rúbiàn) — gradual deformation of material under stress
• Finnish: viruminen — gradual deformation of material under stress
• French: fatigue — gradual deformation of material under stress
• French: fluage — gradual deformation of material under stress
• German: Kriechen — gradual deformation of material under stress
• Kazakh: жылжыпсырғымалық (jyljypsyrğymalyq) — gradual deformation of material under stress
• Spanish: fatiga — gradual deformation of material under stress
• Spanish: deformación por fluencia lenta — gradual deformation of material under stress
• Bulgarian: свличане (svličane) — geology: imperceptible downslope movement of surface
• French: reptation — geology: imperceptible downslope movement of surface
• Italian: scollamento — geology: imperceptible downslope movement of surface
• Dutch: griezel — informal: annoyingly unpleasant person
• Dutch: engerd — informal: annoyingly unpleasant person
• Finnish: nilkki — informal: annoyingly unpleasant person
• Finnish: karmio — informal: annoyingly unpleasant person
• German: Knilch — informal: annoyingly unpleasant person
• German: Widerling — informal: annoyingly unpleasant person
• Italian: antipatico — informal: annoyingly unpleasant person
• Italian: ruffiano — informal: annoyingly unpleasant person
• Italian: lecchino — informal: annoyingly unpleasant person
• Russian: хмырь (xmyrʹ) — informal: annoyingly unpleasant person
• Spanish: desgraciado — informal: annoyingly unpleasant person
• Spanish: alimaña — informal: annoyingly unpleasant person
• Spanish: rarito — informal: annoyingly unpleasant person
• Spanish: anormal — informal: annoyingly unpleasant person
• Spanish: pervertido — informal: annoyingly unpleasant person
• Spanish: degenerado — informal: annoyingly unpleasant person
• Spanish: depravado — informal: annoyingly unpleasant person
• Swedish: miffo — informal: annoyingly unpleasant person
• Swedish: äckel — informal: annoyingly unpleasant person
• Swedish: äckelpotta — informal: annoyingly unpleasant person
• Dutch: engerd — pejorative: frightening or disconcerting person
• Finnish: kyylä — pejorative: frightening or disconcerting person
• Finnish: hyypiö — pejorative: frightening or disconcerting person
• German: Widerling — pejorative: frightening or disconcerting person
• Portuguese: esquisito — pejorative: frightening or disconcerting person
• Romanian: ciudat — pejorative: frightening or disconcerting person
• Russian: уро́д (uród) — pejorative: frightening or disconcerting person
• Russian: отморо́зок (otmorózok) — pejorative: frightening or disconcerting person
• Welsh: sbrych — pejorative: frightening or disconcerting person
• Bulgarian: пълзя́ (pǎlzjá) — to grow across a surface rather than upwards
• Bulgarian: сте́ля се (stélja se) — to grow across a surface rather than upwards
• Catalan: reptar — to grow across a surface rather than upwards
• Danish: krybe — to grow across a surface rather than upwards
• Dutch: kruipen — to grow across a surface rather than upwards
• Finnish: kasvaa maata pitkin — to grow across a surface rather than upwards
• French: ramper — to grow across a surface rather than upwards
• German: kriechen — to grow across a surface rather than upwards
• Hungarian: kúszik — to grow across a surface rather than upwards
• Italian: abbarbicarsi — to grow across a surface rather than upwards
• Japanese: 這う (hau) — to grow across a surface rather than upwards
• Japanese: 伝う (tsutau) — to grow across a surface rather than upwards
• Māori: toropā — to grow across a surface rather than upwards
• Portuguese: trepar — to grow across a surface rather than upwards
• Romanian: târî — to grow across a surface rather than upwards
• Russian: стели́ться (stelítʹsja) — to grow across a surface rather than upwards
• Spanish: reptar — to grow across a surface rather than upwards
• Swedish: klänga — to grow across a surface rather than upwards
• Danish: krybe — to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction
• Danish: liste — to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction
• Dutch: kruipen — to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction
• Finnish: hiipiä — to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction
• German: schleichen — to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction
• Hungarian: lopakodik — to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction
• Hungarian: oson — to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction
• Japanese: 忍び寄る (shinobi yoru) — to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction
• Māori: whakaninihi — to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction
• Māori: tapanihi — to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction
• Māori: whakameto — to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction
• Māori: whakamoke — to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction
• Māori: mōtorotoro — to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction
• Māori: whakatōkihi — to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction
• Māori: ngaweki — to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction
• Persian: مخیدن (maxidan) — to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction
• Portuguese: rastejar — to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction
• Russian: кра́сться (krástʹsja) — to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction
• Scottish Gaelic: èalaidh — to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction
• Swedish: smyga — to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction
• Dutch: opschuiven — to change or deviate gradually
• Finnish: hivuttautua — to change or deviate gradually
• Finnish: hiipiä — to change or deviate gradually
• German: schleichen — to change or deviate gradually
• Hungarian: kúszik — to change or deviate gradually
• Russian: ползти́ (polztí) — to change or deviate gradually
• Bulgarian: промъквам се (promǎkvam se) — to move in a stealthy or secret manner
• Finnish: hiipiä — to move in a stealthy or secret manner
• Finnish: hivuttautua — to move in a stealthy or secret manner
• Italian: insinuarsi — to move in a stealthy or secret manner
• Māori: whakameto — to move in a stealthy or secret manner
• Māori: whakamomoka — to move in a stealthy or secret manner
• Māori: whakamoke — to move in a stealthy or secret manner
• Māori: whakatōkihi — to move in a stealthy or secret manner
• Māori: whakakoko — to move in a stealthy or secret manner
• Portuguese: esgueirar — to move in a stealthy or secret manner
• Russian: кра́сться (krástʹsja) — to move in a stealthy or secret manner
• Russian: подкра́дываться (podkrádyvatʹsja) — to move in a stealthy or secret manner
• Swedish: smyga — to move in a stealthy or secret manner
• Bulgarian: изплъзвам се (izplǎzvam se) — to slip, or to become slightly displaced
• Finnish: vetäytyä — to slip, or to become slightly displaced
• Russian: оплыва́ть (oplyvátʹ) — to slip, or to become slightly displaced
• Russian: оплы́ть (oplýtʹ) — to slip, or to become slightly displaced
• Finnish: nöyristellä — to move or behave with servility
• Finnish: ryömiä — to move or behave with servility
• Russian: пресмыка́ться (presmykátʹsja) — to move or behave with servility
• Bulgarian: полазват ме тръпки (polazvat me trǎpki) — to have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin
• Finnish: värisyttää — to have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin
• Finnish: aiheuttaa väristyksiä — to have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin
• Portuguese: formigar — to have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin
• Spanish: hormiguear — to have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin
• Bulgarian: траля (tralja) — to drag in deep water with creepers
• Finnish: naarata — to drag in deep water with creepers