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Umwelt meaning

One's surroundings or environment; the outer world as perceived by organisms within it.

Using Umwelt

  • The main meaning on this page is: One's surroundings or environment; the outer world as perceived by organisms within it.

Context around Umwelt

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

animal 1×

Sentence patterns with Umwelt

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

concept of umwelt to understand 1× the animal umwelt a relation 1× whole or umwelt 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

here lorenz used 1× in contrast to 1× the dialectical approach 1×

Common sentence endings:

as 0 objects 1× they interacted instinctively 1× whole or umwelt 1×

Words around Umwelt

Just before it in the word index:

umwa 9 umw 6 umut 4 umurenge 2 umurbrogol 3 umuopu 2

Just after it in the word index:

umzimkhulu 4 umzingwane 3 umzinto 6 umzumbe 2 un 5.007 una 99

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 5 aacr 5 aacsb 5 aadar 5 aadk 5 aadvantage 5

Corpus analysis for Umwelt

  • In this selection, "umwelt" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, animal stand out and add context to how "umwelt" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include concept of umwelt to understand and the animal umwelt a relation. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "umwelt" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with umwelt

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The dialectical approach examines the parts, but integrates the organism and the environment into a dynamic whole (or umwelt ). (19 words)

Here, Lorenz used Jakob von Uexküll 's concept of Umwelt to understand how the limited perception of animals filtered out certain phenomena with which they interacted instinctively. (27 words)

In contrast to this, human understanding adds to the animal "Umwelt" a relation of self-identity within objects which transforms objects experienced into things as well as +, –, 0 objects. (29 words)

Longer example sentences

In contrast to this, human understanding adds to the animal "Umwelt" a relation of self-identity within objects which transforms objects experienced into things as well as +, –, 0 objects. (29 words)

Here, Lorenz used Jakob von Uexküll 's concept of Umwelt to understand how the limited perception of animals filtered out certain phenomena with which they interacted instinctively. (27 words)

The dialectical approach examines the parts, but integrates the organism and the environment into a dynamic whole (or umwelt ). (19 words)

Example sentences (3)

Here, Lorenz used Jakob von Uexküll 's concept of Umwelt to understand how the limited perception of animals filtered out certain phenomena with which they interacted instinctively.

In contrast to this, human understanding adds to the animal "Umwelt" a relation of self-identity within objects which transforms objects experienced into things as well as +, –, 0 objects.

The dialectical approach examines the parts, but integrates the organism and the environment into a dynamic whole (or umwelt ).

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "umwelt" in a sentence?
An example: "Here, Lorenz used Jakob von Uexküll 's concept of Umwelt to understand how the limited perception of animals filtered out certain phenomena with which they interacted instinctively." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "umwelt" from authentic English texts.
What does "umwelt" mean?
Umwelt means: One's surroundings or environment; the outer world as perceived by organisms within it.
How many example sentences with "umwelt" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "umwelt", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.