English

Alternative forms

• umwelt

Noun

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 title of the work):

     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 title of the work), volume 21, number 7, pages 80, 10p:

     Still, a pigeon's worldview -- its Umwelt, ...

   • 2006 November 17, 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.

German

Etymology

From um- +‎ Welt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʊmvɛlt/

Noun

Umwelt f ‎(genitive Umwelt, plural Umwelten)

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

Hyponyms

• Arbeitsumwelt
• Lebensumwelt
• Wohnumwelt

Derived terms

Related terms

• Lebenswelt
• Umfang
• Umgebung

Declension

English

Noun

umwelt ‎(plural umwelts or umwelten)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Umwelt
   • 2006, Chris Arthur, “Empty Room”, in Southwest Review, volume 91, number 3, pages 295-312, 18p:

     ... a fragment snipped from the perplexing umwelt of Homo sapiens, our innumerable temporary enclosures.

   • 2008 June 19, Claudia La Rocco, “An Ordinary-Looking Bunch, Reflecting the Random Activities of Others”, in New York Times:

     We keep going, locked into our little umwelts, only occasionally remembering to look up.