umwelt
/ˈʊmvɛlt/
umwelt is the alternative letter-case form of Umwelt.
Noun capitalized: Umwelt
Umwelt (plural Umwelts or Umwelten)
- One's surroundings or environment; the outer world as perceived by organisms within it.
- 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)
- 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
Forms of umwelt
| plural | umwelts |
|---|---|
| plural | umwelten |
| plural | Umwelts |
| plural | Umwelten |
| alternative form | umwelt |
Origin of umwelt
Unadapted borrowing from German Umwelt (“environment”).
Questions about umwelt
- What does umwelt mean?
- Umwelt means one's surroundings or environment; the outer world as perceived by organisms within it.
- What is umwelt the alternative letter-case form of?
- Umwelt is the alternative letter-case form of Umwelt.
- What part of speech is umwelt?
- Umwelt is a noun.
- How do you pronounce umwelt?
- Umwelt is pronounced /ˈʊmvɛlt/.
- What is the plural of umwelt?
- The plural of umwelt is umwelts.
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