environment / surroundings
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environment
The totality of the social, cultural, and personal conditions in which a person lives. This includes family, friends, colleagues, and society in general.
Für die Entwicklung von Kindern ist ein stabiles familiäres Umfeld sehr wichtig.
A stable family environment is very important for children's development.
surroundings
The immediate spatial surroundings of a place, building, or object.
Das Umfeld des neuen Museums wurde komplett neugestaltet und begrünt.
The surroundings of the new museum were completely redesigned and landscaped.
environment
The general context or framework conditions in which something takes place, especially in the economic or political sphere.
Das Unternehmen agiert in einem schwierigen wirtschaftlichen Umfeld.
The company operates in a difficult economic environment.
The word 'Umfeld' (environment / surroundings) is made up of the preposition 'um' (around) and the noun 'Feld' (field). So it literally describes the 'field' that surrounds a person or thing.
Das soziale Umfeld hat einen großen Einfluss auf die Persönlichkeit.
The social environment has a major influence on personality.
'Umfeld' (environment / surroundings) is almost always used with the preposition 'in' and the dative to describe the context or environment. The typical structure is 'in einem ... Umfeld' (in a ... environment).
Sie ist in einem sehr unterstützenden Umfeld aufgewachsen.
She grew up in a very supportive environment.
The exact meaning of 'Umfeld' (environment / surroundings) is often determined by the adjective before it or a genitive attribute after it. Adjectives like 'sozial' (social) or 'familiär' (family-related) point to the personal environment, location phrases like 'des Bahnhofs' (of the train station) point to the spatial surroundings, and terms like 'wirtschaftlich' (economic) point to the general context.
Im beruflichen Umfeld gelten andere Regeln als im privaten.
Different rules apply in the professional environment than in the private one.
When it comes to social life, 'Umfeld' (environment) is often combined with adjectives such as 'sozial' (social), 'familiär' (family-related), 'persönlich' (personal), or 'beruflich' (professional).
Er fühlt sich in seinem neuen beruflichen Umfeld sehr wohl.
He feels very comfortable in his new professional environment.
frame
Rahmen and Umfeld can both refer to the conditions of a project. Rahmen tends to mean defined organizational or financial limits, while Umfeld includes the broader external circumstances in which the project takes place.
Das schwierige wirtschaftliche Umfeld belastet das neue Projekt trotz ausreichender Finanzierung.
The difficult economic environment is putting pressure on the new project despite sufficient funding.
Der finanzielle Rahmen begrenzt die Kosten des neuen Projekts auf eine Million Euro.
The financial framework limits the costs of the new project to one million euros.
