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