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environment
A modern art form in which an entire room or environment is designed as a work of art that the viewer can enter and experience as a whole.
Die Ausstellung zeigte ein beeindruckendes Environment, das aus Alltagsgegenständen und Lichtinstallationen bestand.
The exhibition showed an impressive environment made up of everyday objects and light installations.
Careful: 'Das Environment' is not the general German translation for the English word 'environment' ('Umwelt'). It is a technical term used only in certain contexts, such as art or IT.
Die Künstlerin ist für ihre begehbaren Environments bekannt.
The artist is known for her walk-in environments.
'Environment' is a loanword from English and in German is used almost only in specialized language. In everyday speech, the words 'Umfeld' (environment) or 'Umgebung' (surroundings) are more common.
Der Begriff 'Environment' wird vor allem in der Kunsttheorie und in der IT genutzt.
The term 'Environment' is used mainly in art theory and in IT.
When the topic is art, exhibitions, or installations, 'Environment' refers to a work of art that encompasses an entire room and that you can enter.
Im Museum kann man ein Environment aus den 70er Jahren besichtigen.
In the museum, you can view an environment from the 1970s.
In IT and technology, 'Environment' refers to a specific system environment, for example for testing software. Here the word is often also written in English.
Die Entwickler haben ein neues Test-Environment für die App eingerichtet.
The developers have set up a new test environment for the app.
surroundings / environment
'Umgebung' and 'Environment' can both mean surroundings or external conditions. In German, however, 'Umgebung' is much more natural and works for places, landscapes, and social circumstances. 'Environment' sounds foreign in German and is used only in special contexts, for example in art or sometimes in technical language for an environment. Learners may confuse the words because 'Environment' is familiar from English. In normal German, people usually say 'Umgebung' or 'Umfeld'. 'Environment' should only be used when this exact special term is meant.
Im Museum betritt man ein Environment aus Licht, Musik und großen Stoffbahnen.
In the museum, you enter an environment made of light, music, and large fabric panels.
Sie hat die Umgebung des Bahnhofs genau beobachtet.
She carefully observed the area around the train station.