"account for" in German to account for Rechenschaft ablegen über zur Strecke bringen ausmachen ergeben betragen Detailed translations for "account for" to account for to account for(also: to give an account of) Rechenschaft ablegen über to account for(also: to run down, to hunt down) zur Strecke bringen to account for(also: to put off, to put out, to constitute, to spot sth.) ausmachen to account for(also: analyzed, analysed, accounted for, yielded) ergeben to account for betragen{transitive verb}