Noun: Umwelt
| Singular | Umwelt |
| Plural | Umwelts; Umwelten |
Sample Sentences
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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. [1979, Kyril Bonfiglioli, “After You with the Pistol”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):]
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Still, a pigeon's worldview -- its Umwelt, ... [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:]
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... a fragment snipped from the perplexing umwelt of Homo sapiens, our innumerable temporary enclosures. [2006, Chris Arthur, “Empty Room”, in Southwest Review, volume 91, number 3, pages p295-312, 18p:]
Nouns inflected like Umwelt
weltanschauung,
sackung,
gestalt,
gadgetbahn,
Thomaskantor,
autobahn,
festschrift,
Urheimat,
Umwelt,
privatdozent,
klomp,
vrouw,
Hausfrau,
gemeinschaft,
hausfrau,
mevrouw,
Hallig,
mynheer,
umwelt,
Aktionsart, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from German Umwelt (“environment”).