environmental influence
der Umwelteinfluss, die Umwelteinflüsse
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environmental influence
The effect that external conditions in the natural or social environment have on people, other living beings, or things.
Das Material muss schädlichen Umwelteinflüssen wie Feuchtigkeit und starker Sonneneinstrahlung standhalten.
The material must withstand harmful environmental influences such as moisture and intense sunlight.
| gender | masculine der |
|---|---|
| plural | die Umwelteinflüsse |
| genitive | des Umwelteinflusses |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | der Umwelteinfluss | die Umwelteinflüsse |
| accusative | den Umwelteinfluss | die Umwelteinflüsse |
| dative | dem Umwelteinfluss | den Umwelteinflüssen |
| genitive | des Umwelteinflusses | der Umwelteinflüsse |
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“Umwelteinfluss” (environmental influence) is made up of “Umwelt” (environment) and “Einfluss” (influence). It therefore refers to an influence that comes from the surroundings and affects people, living beings, or things.
Der Umwelteinfluss auf die Gesundheit wird in dieser Studie untersucht.
The environmental influence on health is being investigated in this study.
“Umwelteinfluss” (environmental influence) often appears with descriptive adjectives such as “schädlich” (harmful), “negativ” (negative), “stark” (strong), or “natürlich” (natural). Typical collocations also include “Umwelteinflüsse messen” (to measure environmental influences), “Umwelteinflüsse untersuchen” (to study environmental influences), and “Umwelteinflüsse reduzieren” (to reduce environmental influences).
Die Forscher untersuchen, wie schädliche Umwelteinflüsse das Material verändern.
The researchers are studying how harmful environmental influences change the material.
With “ausgesetzt sein” (to be exposed to), “Umwelteinfluss” (environmental influence) is used in the dative: Someone or something is “Umwelteinflüssen ausgesetzt” (exposed to environmental influences). This construction describes an effect from outside acting directly on something.
Das Holz ist jahrelang starken Umwelteinflüssen ausgesetzt.
The wood has been exposed to strong environmental influences for years.
