Umwelt

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Etymology[edit]

From German Umwelt (“environment”). More at um-, Welt.

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Umwelt (plural Umwelts or Umwelten)

  1. One's surroundings or environment; the outer world as perceived by organisms within it.
    • 1979, Kyril Bonfiglioli, “After You with the Pistol”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      It seems that these S-E-A-Values are all about what ethnologists call the Umwelt — the area of alarm around members of the brute creation, such as human beings.
    • 1990 October 7, S. J. Bodio, A. Shilstone, “Pigeon Racing: Homing in on an 'invisible' sport”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 21, number 7, pages 80, 10p:
      Still, a pigeon's worldview -- its Umwelt, ...
    • 2006, Chris Arthur, “Empty Room”, in Southwest Review, volume 91, number 3, pages p295-312, 18p:
      ... a fragment snipped from the perplexing umwelt of Homo sapiens, our innumerable temporary enclosures.

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German[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From um- +‎ Welt.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʊmvɛlt/
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Noun[edit]

Umwelt f (genitive Umwelt, plural Umwelten)

  1. environment; milieu; surroundings
  2. environment; ecosystem

Declension[edit]

Declension of Umwelt
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Umwelt die Umwelten
genitive einer der Umwelt der Umwelten
dative einer der Umwelt den Umwelten
accusative eine die Umwelt die Umwelten

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