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