Umgebung

Definitions of Umgebung
  1. noun
    the totality of surrounding conditions
    synonyms: Umfeld
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    types:
    Lage, Umwelt
    the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
    Bereich, Sphäre, Welt
    a particular environment or walk of life
    Milieu
    the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction
    type of:
    Sachlage, Sachverhalt
    the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
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