"be the cause of sth" in German to be the cause of sth. etw. hervorrufen erzeugen auslösen der Auslöser für etw. sein Detailed translations for "be the cause of sth" to be the cause of sth. to be the cause of sth.(also: to give rise to sth., to raise sth., to provoke sth., to create sth.) etw. hervorrufen to be the cause of sth.(also: to give rise to sth., to originate, to set up, to constitute) erzeugen to be the cause of sth.(also: to give rise to sth., to trigger, to provoke sth., to cause sth.) auslösen{transitive verb} to be the cause of sth.(also: to give rise to sth., to provoke sth., to cause sth., to engender sth.) der Auslöser für etw. sein{intransitive verb}