Umwelt

== English == === Alternative forms === umwelt === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from German Umwelt (“environment”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʊmvɛlt/ === Noun === Umwelt (plural Umwelts or Umwelten) One's surroundings or environment; the outer world as perceived by organisms within it. ==== Related terms ==== umbworld == German == === Etymology === From um- +‎ Welt. In the biological sense first used by Jakob Johann von Uexküll (1909). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʊmvɛlt/ === Noun === Umwelt f (genitive Umwelt, plural Umwelten) environment; milieu; surroundings (biology, ecology) environment; ecosystem ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== Arbeitsumwelt Lebensumwelt Wohnumwelt ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Lebenswelt Umfang Umgebung === Further reading === “Umwelt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Umwelt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Umwelt” in Duden online Umwelt on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de